AHRQ-Funded Projects
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Ambulatory Clinic Exam Room Design With Respect to Computing Devices to Enhance Patient Centeredness
This project will create and evaluate a prototype redesigned clinical exam room layout that incorporates the use of health information technology tools to improve workflow and patient-centeredness.
Virtualized Homes: Tools for Better Discharge Planning
This project will demonstrate the technical feasibility and clinician and patient acceptability of linking a full-scale 3D model of a private home with an electronic health record.
Effect of Electronic Health Record Use on Preventive Screening for Comorbid Medicaid Adults
This study found increased rates for some screening and preventative services following adoption of federally-certified electronic health records.
Informing Consumer Health Information Technology Design: How Patients Use Social Networking Sites
This study showed that there is a range of how people communicate with their social network, how this information is communicated, the types of health information communicated, and the rationales for the communication.
How Do You Define Regional? The Geography of Health Information Exchange
This grant seeks to establish and clarify the concept of geography, a fundamental component of health information exchange activity, and to explore the practical and policy implications of how exchange service areas are defined.
Towards Effective and Efficient Adoption of Health Information Technology in Home Health Care
This project used qualitative methods to identify strategies for effective and efficient adoption of health information technology by home health agencies.
The Role of Privacy in Practice: Electronic Health Records in Pediatrician Interactions with Patients
This study explored perceptions and privacy practices related to electronic health record use among pediatric care providers and their patients.
Implementation Outcomes of a Health Information Technology Program For Vulnerable Diabetes Patients
This project examined the fidelity of the implementation of the Self-Management Automated Real-Time Telephone Support program to better-inform tailoring of health
Economic Analysis of an Information Technology-Assisted Population-Based Cancer Screening Program
This project evaluated the cost of cancer screening reminders either through an automated, escalating outreach program alone or an extension of that program.
Developing and Evaluating Online Education to Improve Older Adults Health Information
This project aimed to improve older adults’ knowledge of and confidence in identifying high-quality online health information by developing and evaluating Your Health Online: Guiding eSearches, an interactive, educational Web site.


