Research and Projects: AHRQ THQIT and SRD Portfolio:

Nebraska

Total Years of Funding:  1
Total Funding:  $399,000

Health Information Exchange: A Frontier Model

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Description:  Establishes a Web-based electronic medical record system for 10 small rural hospitals to connect them to the area's regional medical center. The project's ultimate goal is to quickly give alImplements a regional health information exchange among an established collaborative of hospitals, clinics, and providers across Nebraska's remote 14,000-square-mile western panhandle; also helps participating providers acquire the equipment and other resources necessary to share laboratory and pharmaceutical data, as well as electronic medical records. The long-term goal is to create a model applicable to small hospitals nationwide and to deliver quality care.
Year 1 Funding:  $499,779
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,498,623
Principal Investigator:  Nancy Shank
Applicant Institution:  Chadron Community Hospital
City/Town:  Chadron, Nebraska
Grant Number:  UC1HS016143-01
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

HIT Plan for Region V Behavioral Health Care Providers

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Description:  Plans, develops, and implements a methodology for behavioral health care providers to standardize core shared data elements; designs an integrated management information system for the sharing of health care data and information among rural and urban health care providers; connects rural providers to urban providers; and develops messaging capabilities between primary care and behavioral health care providers.
Year 1 Funding:  $200,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $200,000
Principal Investigator:  Wende Baker
Applicant Institution:  Heartland Health Alliance
City/Town:  Holbrook, Nebraska
Grant Number:  P20 HS15039
Category:  Planning Grants (THQIT)

Regional Health Records for Frontier Communities

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Description:  Plans for the implementation of a regional health record system within established networks of rural hospitals, clinics, public health providers, behavioral health providers, and others across a 14,000 square mile remote area.
Year 1 Funding:  $198,772
Estimated Total Funding:  $198,772
Principal Investigator:  Nancy Shank
Applicant Institution:  Chadron Community Hospital
City/Town:  Lincoln, Nebraska
Grant Number:  P20 HS15365
Category:  Planning Grants (THQIT)