Research and Projects: AHRQ THQIT and SRD Portfolio:

Utah

Total Years of Funding:  5
Total Funding:  $8.0 million

Improving Communication Between Health Care Providers Via a State-wide Infrastructure: UHINClinical

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Description:  Contract that expands and enhances current State-wide network for the electronic exchange of patient administrative and clinical data and will support the adoption of EMRs.
Year 1 Funding:  $993,371
Estimated Total Funding:  $5.0 million
Principal Investigator:  Jan Root
Applicant Institution:  Utah Health Information Network
City/Town:  Murray, Utah
Grant Number:  290-04-0002
Category:  State & Regional Demonstration Contracts (SRD)

Nursing Home IT: Optimal Medication and Care Delivery

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Description:  Implements an health IT system with added best-practices decision support modules in 7 nursing homes and evaluates the impact on care processes, resident health outcomes, and staff efficiency and satisfaction.
Year 1 Funding:  $500,000
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,486,452
Principal Investigator:  Susan Horn
Applicant Institution:  International Severity Information Systems, Inc.
City/Town:  Salt Lake City, Utah
Grant Number:  UC1 HS15350
Category:  Implementation Grants (THQIT)

Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry with Decision Support

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Description:  Assesses the value of a computerized clinic order entry tool in rural primary care practices for appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy for acute respiratory infections, frequency of hemoglobin A1c in diabetics, incidence of outpatient adverse drug events, and influenza vaccine immunizations.
Year 1 Funding:  $499,998
Estimated Total Funding:  $1,499,650
Principal Investigator:  Matthew Samore
Applicant Institution:  University of Utah
City/Town:  Salt Lake City, Utah
Grant Number:  R01 HS15413
Category:  Value Grants (THQIT)