AHRQ-Funded Projects
TREAT ECARDS: Translating Evidence into Action: Electronic Clinical Decision Support in ARDS
This project will develop and evaluate an electronic clinical decision support tool for care of patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Adapting, Scaling, and Spreading an Algorithmic Asthma Mobile Intervention to Promote Patient-Reported Outcomes Within Primary Care Settings
This project will adapt and evaluate a mobile health application to improve patient-reported asthma outcomes in New York.
CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting
This project will examine the impact of implementing the e-Prescribing standard CancelRx on outpatient medication discrepancies and on clinic and pharmacy workflows.
Optimizing Acute Post-Operative Dental Pain Management Using New Health Information Technology
This project will use mobile health technology to collect patient-reported outcomes after dental procedures to optimize the quality of acute post-operative dental pain management.
Expansion, Implementation, and Evaluation of Electronic Health Record-Integrated Patient-Reported Symptom Screening in a Comprehensive Cancer Center
This project will expand, implement, and evaluate the use of a cancer screening platform, the Oncology Symptom Screening Initiative (OSSI), to improve psychosocial screening of cancer patients.
Patient Outcomes Reporting for Timely Assessments of Life with Depression: PORTAL-Depression
This project will integrate the Computerized Adaptive Test for Mental Health into an electronic health record and evaluate the effectiveness of collecting depression symptoms with a patient portal.
Quantifying Efficiencies Gained through Shareable Clinical Decision Support Resources
This research will evaluate the lifecycle of clinical decision support (CDS), as currently implemented at most health systems, against a future CDS state that incorporates the use of shareable CDS resources created using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s CDS Connect tools.
Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness Patient-Reported Outcome (RISE PRO) Dissemination Project
This project will create and evaluate a learning network to expand the use of the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) registry for patient-reported outcomes on rheumatoid arthritis.
Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign
This study will examine usability and safety hazards of electronic medication administration records, with a focus on communication and information flow between health information technology applications.
Development of a Targeted Patient Portal Intervention to Improve Depression Treatment Adherence, Satisfaction, and Outcomes
The project will develop a patient portal intervention to increase patient activation and promote collaborative decision making for patients with depression.