 |
 |
Skip Navigation | ||||
  |
 |
|
||||
|
||||||
Resource Links
- Federal Activities Relating to Health IT & Electronic Health Records
|
|
Research and Projects: AHRQ THQIT and SRD Portfolio:MississippiTotal Years of Funding: 3 Total Funding: $1.42 million Creating Online NICU Networks to Educate, Consult & TeamView Details Description: Develops, implements, and evaluates a cooperative effort using health IT to facilitate a continuum of appropriate medical and developmental care from the time infants are admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) through the transition process to community-based health care services for infants most at-risk for long-term neurodevelopmental problems. Year 1 Funding: $200,000 Estimated Total Funding: $200,000 Principal Investigator: Jane Siders Applicant Institution: The University of Southern Mississippi City/Town: Hattiesburg, Mississippi Grant Number: P20 HS14996 Category: Planning Grants (THQIT) Creating Online NICU Networks to Educate, Consult & TeamView DetailsDescription: Expands upon an electronic medical records-sharing initiative for high-risk infants and their families in Mississippi, linking new health centers and clinics and serving a rural area that spans 17 counties; uses telemedicine technologies to enhance evidence-based developmental care for newborns in acute care hospitals; and creates Web-based decision support resources for physicians who care for infants. Year 1 Funding: $499,999 Estimated Total Funding: $1,499,995 Principal Investigator: Valerie Rachal Applicant Institution: University of Southern Mississippi City/Town: Hattiesburg, Mississippi Grant Number: UC1 HS016147-01 Category: Implementation Grants (THQIT) Detecting Med Errors in Rural Hospitals Using TechnologyView DetailsDescription: Implements and evaluates a voluntary system for reporting medical errors and adverse drug events in eight small rural hospitals; identifies barriers to technology, describes the epidemiology and root causes of the errors, formulates quality-improvement interventions, and disseminates the results of the project. Year 1 Funding: $405,034 Estimated Total Funding: $1,222,089 Principal Investigator: Andrew Brown Applicant Institution: University of Mississippi City/Town: Jackson, Mississippi Grant Number: UC1 HS15400 Category: Implementation Grants (THQIT) |
 |
 |
 |
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 Telephone: (301) 427-1364