AHRQ-Funded Projects
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i-Matter: Investigating an mHealth Texting Tool for Embedding Patient-Reported Data into Diabetes Management
This project will evaluate the effects of a technology-based patient-reported outcomes system on patient management of type 2 diabetes in primary care practices.
Coordinating Transitions: Health Information Technology Role in Improving Multiple Chronic Disease Outcomes
This study aimed to improve care transitions for low-income patients with multiple chronic conditions using health information exchange, and found significant reductions in inpatient and emergency department utilization.
How Do You Define Regional? The Geography of Health Information Exchange
This project examined the concept of geographical area that is fundamental to health information exchange activity, and explored the practical and policy implications of how exchange service areas are defined and measured.
Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange / New York
Thirty-three states and 1 territory formed the HISPC, which aims to address the privacy and security challenges presented by electronic health information exchange through multi-state collaboration.
Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC)
Added a health care portal to the existing community-wide electronic data exchange which will allow for use of the current electronic messaging system along with migration to a full EMR; evaluated physician office efficiency improvement and cost reduction, payer return on investment, and safety and quality improvement.
Holomua Project-Improving Patient Hand-Offs in Hawaii
Developed approaches to share data on patient clinical and diagnostic information across systems and created an implementation plan for systems integration.
Planning Implementation of an EMR in a Rural Area
Researched the implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR )in the medical community and the use of electronic ordering; identified a system that allows for the seamless exchange of clinical information throughout the medical community.