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Partnering to Improve Patient Safety in Rural WV
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| Description:Expanded the reporting of medical errors and near misses, monitored safety event reporting, and developed a learning network among small, rural hospitals and their associated ambulatory care facilities, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies. |
| Principal Investigator:Bellamy, Gail |
| State:West Virginia |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Long Term Care, Ambulatory, Home Health Care |
| Technologies:Infrastructure, Electronic Health Record (EHR) |
| Project Status:Closed |
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Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange / West Virginia
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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:Ruddick, Patricia |
| State:West Virginia |
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| Project Status:Closed |
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Boone County Community Care Network
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| Description:Designed a county-wide health information system that allowed health information sharing and permitted real-time order placement by hospitals, health departments, private physicians' offices, clinics, and long-term care facilities. |
| Principal Investigator:Atkins, Robert |
| State:West Virginia |
| Community:Rural |
| Care Setting:Ambulatory, Long Term Care, Inpatient |
| Technologies:Infrastructure, Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), Electronic Health Record (EHR) |
| Project Status:Closed |
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