AHRQ-Funded Projects
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Improving Anxiety Detection in Pediatrics Using Health Information Technology
This project integrated a validated anxiety-specific screening tool in an existing clinical decision support system and tested it with a randomized feasibility pilot that found the tool did not increase detection of anxiety in pediatric primary care.
SINC: Synchronized Immunization Notifications
This project will create and evaluate the impact of immunization reminders using information from an electronic health record combined with an immunization information system.
PRISM: Personalized Reminders for Immunizations using Short Messaging Systems
This study will compare the use of personalized HPV vaccine text message reminders to conventional text message reminders among minority adolescents in a randomized trial.
DEVISE: Data Exchange of Vaccine Information between an Immunization Information System and Electronic Health Record
This project assessed the impact of a vaccine information exchange that linked an immunization information system (IIS) to an electronic health record (EHR) and found improvements in under- and over-immunization and immunization record completeness.
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.
Computer-Supported Management of Medical-Legal Issues Impacting Child Health
This project expanded and modified the Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation (CHICA) system to assist pediatricians in identifying and managing four common medical-legal problems that may adversely impact child health, and found initial findings to be inconclusive.
Facilitators and Barriers to Adoption of a Successful Urban Telemedicine Model
This project expanded the use of telemedicine for the management of acute childhood illness into schools, daycare facilities, and after-hours neighborhood settings, and evaluated facilitators and barriers to its implementation.
FluAlert: Influenza Vaccine Alerts for Providers in the Electronic Health Record
This project implemented and evaluated an electronic health record influenza vaccine alert, FluAlert, to improve pediatric providers’ decisionmaking around influenza vaccines.
Computer Automated Developmental Surveillance and Screening
The project sought to determine if a computer decision support system integrated with routine care could improve standardized developmental screening during early well-child visits and surveillance for developmental disabilities at all pediatric visits.
Valuation of Primary Care-Integrated Telehealth
Assessed the impact of a telehealth program on primary care utilization and cost for remote assessment and treatment of ill children in childcare and school sites.