Research and Projects: AHRQ THQIT and SRD Portfolio:

Oklahoma

Total Years of Funding:  3
Total Funding:  $1.26 million

Delivery of Preventive Services in Primary Care

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Description:  Disseminates strategies targeted toward increasing immunizations and preventive care, including a computer reminder system to practices in a Practice-based Research Network (PBRN). Assesses, using a randomized controlled trial methodology, the relative adoption success of academic detailing combined with and without practice facilitation and technology implementation assistance, on the delivery of preventive services.
Year 1 Funding:  $100,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $439,500 funded jointly with AHRQ Primary Care PBRN
Principal Investigator:  James Mold
Applicant Institution:  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
City/Town:  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Grant Number:  R21 HS14850
Category:  Value Grants (THQIT)

Health Improvement Collaboration in Cherokee County, Oklahoma

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Description:  Creates a plan for developing an integrated, multifunctional, HIPAA-compliant Community Health Information Network; developing a telephonic comprehensive nurse line service and triage function; and investigating and implementing improvements for streamlining of existing appointment systems.
Year 1 Funding:  $200,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $200,000
Principal Investigator:  Mark Jones
Applicant Institution:  Tahlequah City Hospital
City/Town:  Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Grant Number:  P20 HS15364
Category:  Planning Grants (THQIT)

Implementation of Health Improvement Collaboration in Cherokee County, OK

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Description:  Implements a HIPAA-compliant electronic records system to improve public health, patient safety and facilitate information sharing among health care providers in the Talequah area, with the goals of establishing a Web-based information and referral service and creating a community-wide, science-based prevention strategy supported by the new information system.
Year 1 Funding:  $500,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,499,200
Principal Investigator:  Mark Jones
Applicant Institution:  Tahlequah City Hospital
City/Town:  Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Grant Number:  UC1 HS016131-01
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

INTEGRIS Telewoundcare Network

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Description:  Demonstrates and evaluates the clinical effectiveness and cost-savings of utilizing telehealth technology to reduce the days to healing for chronic wounds by improving access to caregivers, point of care processes, and dissemination of best practice information.
Year 1 Funding:  $354,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,063,213
Principal Investigator:  Charles Bryant
Applicant Institution:  INTEGRIS Health, Inc.
City/Town:  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Grant Number:  UC1 HS15359
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)