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Value of New Drug Labeling Knowledge for e-Prescribing

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Description:Created a prescribing tool with decision support (checking dosage, contraindications, and drug interactions) that can be easily integrated into a provider's practices; implemented and piloted tests the tool to evaluate its benefits and costs.
Principal Investigator:Schadow, Gunther
State:Indiana
Community:Non-rural, Rural
Care Setting:Ambulatory
Technologies:ePrescribing (eRx), Standards, Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
Project Status:Closed

An Evolving Statewide Indiana Information Infrastructure State and Regional Demonstration Project (currently known as Indiana Network for Patient Care - INPC)

View Calendar Year Update, 2008 (PDF, HTML)
Description:Contract that develops and implements HIE using an established technical infrastructure and interconnects local health information infrastructures; also implements a State-wide public health surveillance network that links all hospitals to share emergency department data.
Principal Investigator:Overhage, Marc
State:Indiana
Community:Rural, Non-rural
Care Setting:Ambulatory, Health Department, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Inpatient, Emergency Department
Technologies:Electronic Health Record (EHR), Standards, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Health Information Exchange (HIE), Clinical Information Systems
Project Status:Ongoing

Value of Health Information Exchange in Ambulatory Care

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Description:Assesses the value of HIE in ambulatory care by modifying an existing economic model of HIE and tests the model in a randomized controlled trial.
Principal Investigator:Overhage, Marc
State:Indiana
Community:Non-rural
Care Setting:Ambulatory
Technologies:Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Project Status:Ongoing

Implementing and Improving the Integration of Decision Support into Outpatient Clinical Workflow

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Description:This project encompasses a field study and controlled simulation analysis to integrate colorectal cancer screening clinical decision support (CDS) into outpatient clinical workflow.
Principal Investigator:Doebbling, Bradley
State:Indiana
Community:Rural, Non-rural
Care Setting:Ambulatory
Technologies:Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
Project Status:Ongoing

Improving Health Care through HIT in Morgan County, IN
Description:Created a secure infrastructure for communication among providers to allow electronic sharing of patient clinical information with hospitals and other physicians/health providers in the county, region, and State; also assessed the effectiveness of the system in improving workflow, timeliness and completeness of information, patient safety, continuity of care, and health outcomes.
Principal Investigator:Aders, Deborah
State:Indiana
Community:Rural
Care Setting:Ambulatory, Inpatient
Technologies:Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), Electronic Medication Administration (eMAR), Electronic Health Record (EHR), Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Project Status:Closed

Improving Lab Follow-up by Delivering an Enhanced Medication List to Outpatient Physician Practices

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Description:In this project, outpatient primary care clinicians are provided with a medication list based on pharmacies' dispensing records. The physician will receive the list immediately preceding a patient's visit in order to prompt discussion between the clinician and patient.
Principal Investigator:Simonaitis, Linas
State:Indiana
Community:Rural, Non-rural
Care Setting:Ambulatory
Technologies:Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Project Status:Closed

Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange / Indiana
Description:

Thirty-three states and 1 territory formed the HISPC, which aims to address the privacy and security challenges presented by electronic health information exchange through multi-state collaboration. With the support of its state or territorial governor, each team engaged a steering committee and a range of local stakeholders to 1) assess variations in organization-level business policies and state laws that affect health information exchange; 2) identify and propose practical solutions, while preserving the privacy and security requirements in applicable Federal and State laws and 3) develop detailed plans to implement solutions.

Principal Investigator:Gamache, Roland
State:Indiana
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Project Status:Closed
 
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