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NLP to Improve Accuracy and Quality of Dictated Medical Documents
This project will study the impact of errors in medical documents on quality of care and develop innovative natural language processing methods to automatically detect errors so that physicians can correct the documents before finalizing them in the electronic health record.
Physician Practice Variation in Electronic Health Record Use
This Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded dissertation grant will use mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the variation in electronic health record use in primary care practices.
Improving Accuracy of Electronic Notes Using a Faster, Simpler Approach
This project aims to refine, use, and evaluate a new method for creating electronic physician notes in the electronic medical record that improves accuracy and timely availability of inpatient progress notes.
The Effect of Health Information Technology on Health Care Provider Communication
The purpose of this study is to describe how communication technologies make it easier or more difficult for nurses and physicians to communicate with each other, with a goal of finding ways to support effective communication.
Encoding and Processing Patient Allergy Information in EHRs
This project will develop and evaluate a natural language processing (NLP) system for allergy information and then assess its ability to enrich allergy terminology standards and improve patients’ allergy lists.
Discovery and Visualization of New Information from Clinical Reports in the Electronic Health Record
The aim of this grant is to develop tools in an electronic health record (EHR) for clinical notes to improve clinicians’ capacity to provide safe and effective care.
Louisiana Rural Health Information Technology Partnership
Implemented a Complete Medical Record (a computerized emergency department communication, documentation, passive tracking, and medical records system) in an emergency department and evaluated the use of this technology toward improving patient safety and quality of care.
Detecting Med (Medication) Errors in Rural Hospitals Using Technology
Implemented and evaluated a voluntary system for reporting medical errors and adverse drug events in eight small rural hospitals; identified barriers to technology, described the epidemiology and root causes of the errors, formulated quality-improvement interventions, and disseminated the results of the project.
Improving Health Care through HIT in Morgan County, IN
Created a secure infrastructure for communication among providers to allow electronic sharing of patient clinical information with hospitals and other physicians/health providers in the county, region, and State; also assessed the effectiveness of the system in improving workflow, timeliness and completeness of information, patient safety, continuity of care, and health outcomes.
Tulare District Hospital Rural Health Electronic Medical Record Consortium
Built upon an existing infrastructure to construct a fully integrated EMR to give clinicians real-time access to patient data through pharmacy management, laboratory management, patient scheduling, barcoding, clinical physician order entry, electronic signature, insurance eligibility, and Pyxis medication-dispensing units at nursing stations.
