Research and Projects: AHRQ THQIT and SRD Portfolio:

Maine

Total Years of Funding:  3
Total Funding:  $3.2 million

The Chronic Care Technology Planning Project

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Description:  
Year 1 Funding:  $188,739
Estimated Total Funding:  $188,739
Principal Investigator:  John Branscombe
Applicant Institution:  The Aroostook Medical Center
City/Town:  Presque Isle, Maine
Grant Number:  P20 HS14949
Category:  Planning Grants (THQIT)

The Chronic Care Technology Project

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Description:  Facilitates transfer of information among providers and patients in the Presque Isle community; implements a model of chronic care management; and educates area health care providers on how best to use current information systems to communicate with each other.
Year 1 Funding:  436,553
Estimated Total Funding:  1,312,329
Principal Investigator:  John Branscombe
Applicant Institution:  The Aroostook Medical Center
City/Town:  Presque Isle, Maine
Grant Number:  UC1 HS016154-01
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

Improving Care in a Rural Region with Consolidated Imaging

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Description:  Implements and evaluates the results of the Consolidated Imaging—Picture Archiving and Communication System (a shared, standards-based, interoperable health information technology) that makes radiology images available for review within minutes of when they are acquired.
Year 1 Funding:  $496,839
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,382,861
Principal Investigator:  Robert Coleman
Applicant Institution:  Maine Medical Center
City/Town:  Portland, Maine
Grant Number:  UC1 HS15328
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

Improving HIT Implementation in a Rural Health System

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Description:  Implements an outpatient EMR in a rural health system using distinct phases to match the expected learning curve and to reduce the potential loss of practice productivity often associated with the implementation of an EMR; also collects data about patient safety, quality, access, cost, and productivity.
Year 1 Funding:  $483,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,375,179
Principal Investigator:  Daniel Mingle
Applicant Institution:  Maine General Medical Center
City/Town:  Augusta, Maine
Grant Number:  UC1 HS15337
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

Midcoast Maine Patient Safety With IT Integration

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Description:  Develops new systems and a high level of integration and cooperation in four significant areas: medication management, patient discharge, high-level integration of information, and the development of a new paradigm for evaluating, selecting, and implementing new technologies.
Year 1 Funding:  $200,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $200,000
Principal Investigator:  Maureen Buckley
Applicant Institution:  Northeast Health Foundation
City/Town:  Rockland, Maine
Grant Number:  P20 HS15170
Category:  Planning Grants (THQIT)