Research and Projects

AHRQ's health IT initiatives includes funding for more than 100 projects and contracts across the country, via its Transforming Healthcare Quality Through Information Technology (THQIT) grants and State and Regional Demonstration (SRD) contracts portfolio. These initiatives are exploring and testing a wide range of health IT applications with the potential to transform everyday clinical practice and help build the 21st century health IT infrastructure.  Click on the map or select from the drop-down lists below, for descriptions of these exciting research activities in 40 states. AHRQ and it partners also are collaborating on other health IT initiatives, some of which are summarized below.  

AHRQ THQIT and SRD Projects
Other AHRQ Health Information Technology Related Initiatives 
Selected Non-AHRQ Health Information Technology Portfolios

AHRQ THQIT and SRD Projects by State

Other AHRQ Health Information Technology Related Initiatives

• Clinical Informatics to Promote Patient Safety (CLIPS) Projects
• Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN) Projects
• Integrated Delivery System Research Network (IDSRN) Projects
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Projects
• Indian Health Service (IHS) / AHRQ Partnership Projects
• Health Research and Services Administration (HRSA) / AHRQ Partnership Projects
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / AHRQ Partnership Projects
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) GOT EHR? Project
• Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) - Assessing Health IT Adoption Survey
• Leapfrog CPOE Evaluation
• National Institutes for Health Care Management (NIHCH) Leadership Dialogues 
• Standards Collaborations
• Center for Studying Health System Change - Health IT Community Tracking
• Health IT Learning Collaboratives
• e-Prescribing Expert Meeting
• Technical Assistance for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
• Supporting Emerging Health IT Demonstration Projects
• Assessment of Health IT Use in Community Health Centers
• Evaluation of Ambulatory CPOE
• Consumer-Centric Care and Health IT
• Provider Performance e-Indicators

Selected Non-AHRQ Health Information Technology Portfolios

• eHI Connecting Communities for Better Health (CCBH) Portfolio
• HRSA Telehealth/Telemedicine Portfolio