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Research and Projects: AHRQ THQIT and SRD Portfolio:IowaTotal Years of Funding: 3 Total Funding: $3.0 million Collaborative EHR Implementation to Bridge the Continuum of Care in Rural IowaView Details Description: Shares an electronic medical records system that will improve patient safety and quality of care. Also serves as a critical learning tool for clinicians in a coalition of three large health organizations and 24 primary care clinics in northern Iowa. Year 1 Funding: $475,351 Estimated Total Funding: $1,474,178 Principal Investigator: Toni Ebeling Applicant Institution: Hancock County Health Services City/Town: Britt, Iowa Grant Number: UC1 HS016156-01 Category: Implementation Grants (THQIT) EMR Planning to Improve North Iowa Health CareView DetailsDescription: Designs a system-wide patient-centered planning process and an EHR implementation plan that will securely exchange patient information within and across diverse healthcare settings for the Hancock County Memorial Hospital and 21 affiliated physician health organization clinics. Year 1 Funding: $199,976 Estimated Total Funding: $199,976 Principal Investigator: Toni Ebeling Applicant Institution: Hancock County Health Services City/Town: Britt, Iowa Grant Number: P20 HS15396 Category: Planning Grants (THQIT) Health Information Technology Value in Rural HospitalsView DetailsDescription: Documents the patient safety and healthcare quality challenges in critical access to rural hospitals, and assesses health IT capacity in these rural hospitals and how they would use health IT to improve safety and quality; develops a decisionmaking health IT toolkits for other rural hospitals. Year 1 Funding: $478,751 Estimated Total Funding: $1,304,478 Principal Investigator: Marcia Ward Applicant Institution: University of Iowa City/Town: Iowa City, Iowa Grant Number: R01 HS15009 Category: Value Grants (THQIT) Rural Iowa Redesign of Care Delivery with EHR FunctionsView DetailsDescription: Implements a comprehensive, integrated, EHR system with CPOE and clinical decision-support tools in hospital inpatient units, ambulatory care, primary care and specialty clinics, home health, and hospice care; also evaluates medical errors and near misses, use of evidence-based practices, responsiveness to adverse drug alerts, and patient/provider satisfaction. Year 1 Funding: $499,996 Estimated Total Funding: $1,499,869 Principal Investigator: Donald Crandall Applicant Institution: Mercy Medical Center—North Iowa City/Town: Mason City, Iowa Grant Number: UC1 HS15196 Category: Implementation Grants (THQIT) |
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