AHRQ-Funded Projects
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Comparison of Asynchronous Telepsychiatry Alongside Synchronous Telepsychiatry in Skilled Nursing Facilities
This project will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of asynchronous telepsychiatry versus synchronous telepsychiatry in a skilled nursing facility population using a 12-month randomized controlled trial.
Information Needs of Homecare Nurses During Admission and Care Planning
This project will analyze and model the information requirements, decisionmaking, and workflow of homecare nurses admitting patients and characterize if and how health information technology systems support their needs.
Health Information Technology in Ambulatory Care Settings: Effects on Quality and Disparities
This project developed and implemented a large-scale approach to measuring the impact of health information technology on the quality and variability of care in ambulatory settings, and along racial and ethnic lines.
Insights for Community Health
This project implemented a personal health record and population-level dashboard to assist lay health workers in a church-based setting with the goal of improving blood pressure control, and succeeded in increasing the number of participant physician visits and total fruit and vegetable consumption.
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.
Improving Medication Management Practices and Care Transitions through Technology
This project examined the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a health information technology intervention designed to facilitate high-quality care transitions to home health care.
A Systems Engineering Approach: Improving Medication Safety with Clinician Use of Health IT
The project developed and pilot-tested a Web-based implementation of a Team Resource Management (TRM) intervention aimed at improving medication safety in primary care.
Creating an Evidence Base for Vision Rehabilitation
Implemented the newly developed Electronic Vision Rehabilitation Record and its tools to evaluate the effectiveness of current best practices and help refine practice as the evidence indicates.