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AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
From the Field: Sharing Experience and Findings from AHRQ-funded Projects
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Click on the map to access project-specific information on the AHRQ health IT portfolio.

Summary Health IT Portfolio 2008

AHRQ's Health IT Portfolio sponsors a variety of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements that examine the impact of health IT implementation and use on quality, safety, and other important health care outcomes. This inaugural report, Summary of AHRQ Health Information Technology Portfolio-Funded Projects as of 2008, features:

  • A summary of activities in the Health IT Portfolio as of 2008
  • Details on how information generated through the Health IT Portfolio is disseminated
  • The iterative process used  to generate the 2008 project-specific summaries
  • A description of the content of the project-specific summaries

Select the Complete Report (PDF, 4.7MB), which includes the full text of the 124 grant-specific and 26 contract-specific project summaries of AHRQ-managed health projects OR select the Abridged Report (PDF, 1.6MB) that includes links to the Web-based summaries.

New AHRQ-Funded Reports on the Usability of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems

To explore the opportunity to improve EHR system usability, AHRQ commissioned the creation of two reports that synthesize the existing research and evidence in this area and suggest common methods to evaluate EHR usability going forward.

For a full list of reports, tools, and other resources on the usability of health IT systems and applications, search the Knowledge Library.

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Access over 6,000 resources in the areas of Organizational Strategy, Technology, Value of Health IT, Laws and Standards, Organizations, and Operations.

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