Health IT Safety

Research is needed in two key areas: how health IT can improve patient safety and how health IT itself can be safely used and implemented. AHRQ-funded research provides critical evidence in both areas, and the Program recently renewed a special emphasis notice reaffirming the intent to support research regarding the safety of health IT systems.

Related Funded Projects

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Project Name Contract/Grant Number Principal Investigator Start Date End Date
Health Information Exchange Utilization and Inter-Hospital Transfer Outcomes R01 HS026732 Usher, Michael G. April 1, 2019 January 31, 2023
CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting R21 HS025793 Chui, Michelle Anne August 1, 2018 January 31, 2020
Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign R01 HS025136 Ratwani, Raj M. July 1, 2018 April 30, 2023
Health IT-Generated PROs to Improve Outcomes in Cirrhosis R01 HS025412 Bajaj, Jasmohan S. June 11, 2018 March 31, 2023
Patient Choice of Telemedicine Encounters R01 HS025189 Reed, Mary May 15, 2018 February 28, 2023
Meaningful Drug Interaction Alerts R01 HS025984 Malone, Daniel C. May 1, 2018 February 28, 2022
Providing Evidence and Developing a Toolkit to Accelerate the Adoption of Patient Photographs in Electronic Health Records R01 HS024713 Adelman, Jason Stuart September 30, 2017 July 31, 2021
Exploring the Utilization of and Outcomes from Health Information Exchange in Emergency Settings R21 HS025502 Dixon, Brian September 1, 2017 August 31, 2020
An Etiology for Medication Ordering Errors in Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems R21 HS025443 Abraham, Joanna August 1, 2017 July 31, 2020
Context is Critical: Understanding When and Why Electronic Health Record Related Safety Hazards Happen R21 HS024755 Hettinger, Aaron Zachary July 1, 2017 June 30, 2019

Related Publications

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Publication Name Publication Year Project Name Contract/Grant Number Principal Investigator
Bursting the information bubble: identifying opportunities for pediatric patient-centered technology. 2017 Patients as Safeguards: Understanding the Information Needs of Hospitalized Patients R01 HS022894 Pratt, Wanda
Clinical reasoning in the context of active decision support during medication prescribing. 2017 Health Information Technology Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics U19 HS021094 Bates, David
Cognitive engineering and health informatics: applications and intersections. 2017 Cognitive Engineering for Complex Decisionmaking & Problem Solving in Acute Care R01 HS022542 Fairbanks, Rollin J.
Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains. 2017 Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS) U19 HS021093 Lambert, Bruce
Communication in the electronic age: an analysis of face-to-face physician-nurse communication in the emergency department. 2017 Cognitive Engineering for Complex Decisionmaking & Problem Solving in Acute Care R01 HS022542 Fairbanks, Rollin J.
Completeness and timeliness of notifiable disease reporting: a comparison of laboratory and provider reports submitted to a large county health department. 2017 Improving Population Health Through Enhanced Targeted Regional Decision Support R01 HS020909 Dixon, Brian
Contextual computing: a Bluetooth based approach for tracking healthcare providers in the emergency room. 2017 Impact of Meaningful Use on Clinical Workflow in Emergency Departments R01 HS022670 Patel, Vimla L.
Coordinating Transitions: Health Information Technology Role in Improving Multiple Chronic Disease Outcomes - Final Report 2017 Coordinating Transitions: Health Information Technology Role in Improving Multiple Chronic Disease Outcomes R21 HS022575 Hewner, Sharon
Designing and implementing an electronic patient registry to improve warfarin monitoring in the ambulatory setting. 2017 Measuring and Improving Ambulatory Patient Safety with an Electronic Dashboard R21 HS021322 Sarkar, Urmimala
Effect of number of open charts on intercepted wrong-patient medication orders in an emergency department. 2017 Assess Risk of Wrong-Patient Errors in an EMR That Allows Multiple Records Open R21 HS023704 Adelman, Jason Stuart