Research and Projects: AHRQ THQIT and SRD Portfolio:

Kentucky

Total Years of Funding:  3
Total Funding:  $3.0 million

Connecting Healthcare in Central Appalachia

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Description:  Implements and trains staff on the use of an EMR system in a rural integrated health care delivery system in an integrated rural healthcare delivery system serving approximately 20 counties throughout Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia.
Year 1 Funding:  $500,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $1.5 million
Principal Investigator:  Polly Bentley
Applicant Institution:  Appalachian Regional Health
City/Town:  Hazard, Kentucky
Grant Number:  UC1 HS15182
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

ED Information Systems: Kentucky & Indiana Hospitals

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Description:  Implements and trains users of a Web-based electronic record system in the emergency departments of two small community hospitals, one medium-sized community hospital, one rural hospital, and three private primary care physician practices; evaluates the reduction in medical errors, waiting time, and costs as well as patient and physician satisfaction.
Year 1 Funding:  $445,926
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,302,554
Principal Investigator:  David Pecoraro
Applicant Institution:  Jewish Hospital Health Care
City/Town:  Louisville, Kentucky
Grant Number:  UC1 HS14897
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

Meeting Information Needs of Referrals Electronically

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Description:  Identifies essential technological needs for accessing and sharing data and information between patients and health care providers; develops an implementation plan to expand the transmission of referral information electronically in a closed health system to an open system.
Year 1 Funding:  $197,528
Estimated Total Funding:  $197,528
Principal Investigator:  Carol Ireson
Applicant Institution:  University of Kentucky Research Foundation
City/Town:  Lexington, Kentucky
Grant Number:  P20 HS15208
Category:  Planning Grants (THQIT)