This study evaluated the impact of providing information through an electronic medical record-based transitional care intervention on the care of older adults discharged from the hospital.
Identified essential technological needs for accessing and sharing data and information between patients and health care providers; developed an implementation plan to expand the transmission of referral information electronically in a closed health system to an open system.
This project created individualized, culturally and linguistically inclusive education materials for older adults from diverse backgrounds tailored to electronic medication information.
Lessons from the On-Time Pressure Ulcer program informed the development of an On-Time Fall Prevention module, which uses documentation data elements, actionable reports, and tracking tools to address residents’ fall risk factors.
Developed a plan for enhancing communication at care transitions through an implementation plan for a community- and patient-shared EMR abstract that is available at the point of care.
This project developed the Patient Readiness to Engage in Health Information Technology Scale (PRE-HIT), which allows the examination of preferences for use of Web-based health resources among patients who have chronic diseases.
This study refined a set of tools to help health care consumers, particularly older adults, complete Internet-based health management tasks, and evaluated the usability and efficiency of the tools.
This project implemented a patient portal that improved patient functional status and decreased health care utilization.
The Rhode Island Statewide Health Information Exchange, known as Currentcare, facilitated the development of the capability to deploy health information infrastructure at a statewide scale.
This project designed and developed a clinical decision support tool called VisualDecisionLinc (VDL) to aid in the initial treatment strategies for major depressive disorder.
