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Improving Quality Care for Children with Special Needs
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| Description:Expands upon an existing Web-based electronic health record for children with special health care needs to improve coordination of services and continuity of care; incorporates new populations (children with genetic, behavioral, and mental health disorders); establishes links with educational services and the State Medicaid program. |
| Principal Investigator:Lozzio, Carmen |
| State:Tennessee |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Ambulatory, Inpatient, Health Department |
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| Project Status:Ongoing |
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Improving the Quality and Safety of Regional Surgical Patient Care through the Creation of a Multi-institutional Partnership for the Implementation and Support of Perioperative Informatics Tools
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| Description:Developed a detailed plan for the implementation and support of informatics tools in regional health centers including the creation of informatics tools to manage institutional surgical care information, creation of a multi-institutional partnership to manage both the informatics and surgical quality improvement programs, and the development of an economic model related to the business and safety benefits. |
| Principal Investigator:Higgins, Michael |
| State:Tennessee |
| Community:Rural, Non-rural |
| Care Setting:Inpatient |
| Technologies:Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), Health Information Exchange (HIE) |
| Project Status:Closed |
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Improving Quality Care for Children with Special Needs
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| Description:Developed a database that includes diagnoses, health records, and educational information on children with special health care needs, with emphasis on children with genetic conditions and developmental disabilities. This information was made available to physicians via a secure Web-based system. |
| Principal Investigator:Lozzio, Carmen |
| State:Tennessee |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Ambulatory, Inpatient, Health Department |
| Technologies:Infrastructure, Electronic Health Record (EHR), Health Information Exchange (HIE) |
| Project Status:Closed |
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State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology (currently known as Mid-South eHealth Alliance - MSeHA)
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| Description:Contract that plans, implements, and evaluates a State-based regional data sharing and interoperatibility service interconnecting the health care entities in three counties including needs assessment for healthcare improvement and reforming TennCare. |
| Principal Investigator:Frisse, Mark E. |
| State:Tennessee |
| Community:Rural, Non-rural |
| Care Setting:Emergency Department, Inpatient, Long Term Care, Laboratory, Community Health Center, Ambulatory, Pharmacy |
| Technologies:Standards, Infrastructure, Electronic Medication Administration (eMAR), Health Information Exchange (HIE), ePrescribing (eRx) |
| Project Status:Ongoing |
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Safety Through Enhanced e-PreScribing Tools (STEPStools): Developing Web Services for Safe Pediatric Dosing
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| Description: The goal of STEPSTools (Safety Through Enhanced e-PreScribing Tools) is to construct, pilot test, and evaluate generally-available tools that provide medication-specific knowledge about rounding and extemporaneous formulations necessary in small children. |
| Principal Investigator:Johnson, Kevin |
| State:Tennessee |
| Community:Non-rural |
| Care Setting:Specialty Care |
| Technologies:ePrescribing (eRx), Clinical Information Systems, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) |
| Project Status:Ongoing |
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Technology Exchange for Cancer Health Network (TECH-Net)
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| Description:Implemented a systematic care program to improve cancer management in rural communities by building upon an innovative approach to total clinical decision support to provide access to oncology, hematology, and other specialists through a dedicated telehealth network. |
| Principal Investigator:Waters, Teresa |
| State:Tennessee |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Ambulatory |
| Technologies:Telehealth, Devices |
| Project Status:Closed |
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