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Detecting Med (Medication) Errors in Rural Hospitals Using Technology
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| Description:Implemented and evaluated a voluntary system for reporting medical errors and adverse drug events in eight small rural hospitals; identified barriers to technology, described the epidemiology and root causes of the errors, formulated quality-improvement interventions, and disseminated the results of the project. |
| Principal Investigator:Brown, Andrew |
| State:Mississippi |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Inpatient |
| Technologies:Infrastructure, Electronic Health Record (EHR) |
| Project Status:Closed |
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The Bettering Lives Utilizing Electronic Systems (BLUES) Project: Improving Diabetes Outcomes in Mississippi with Health Information Technology
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| Description: The Delta Health Alliance (DHA) proposes to demonstrate the effects of diabetes management practices at several ambulatory clinics throughout Mississippi when utilizing well-designed, comprehensive health information technology. |
| Principal Investigator:Fox, Karen |
| State:Mississippi |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Specialty Care |
| Technologies:Electronic Health Record (EHR) |
| Project Status:Ongoing |
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Creating Online NICU Networks to Educate, Consult & Team
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| Description:Developed, implemented, and evaluated a cooperative effort for using health IT to facilitate a continuum of appropriate medical and developmental care, from the time infants are admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), through the transition process to community-based health care services for infants most at-risk for long-term neurodevelopmental problems. |
| Principal Investigator:Siders, Jane |
| State:Mississippi |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Inpatient, Ambulatory |
| Technologies:Standards, Telehealth, Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), Health Information Exchange (HIE) |
| Project Status:Closed |
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Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange / Mississippi
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| 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:Bowen, Bo |
| State:Mississippi |
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| Project Status:Closed |
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Creating Online Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Networks to Educate, Consult & Team
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| Description:Expands upon an electronic medical records-sharing initiative for high-risk infants and their families in Mississippi, linking new health centers and clinics and serving a rural area that spans 17 counties; uses telemedicine technologies to enhance evidence-based developmental care for newborns in acute care hospitals; and creates Web-based decision support resources for physicians who care for infants. |
| Principal Investigator:Rachal, Valerie |
| State:Mississippi |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Ambulatory, Inpatient |
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| Project Status:Ongoing |
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