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Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization - Final Report

Citation

Goodney, P. Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization - Final Report. (Prepared by Dartmouth College under Grant No. R21 HS021581). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015.

Principal Investigator

Goodney, Philip

Project Name

Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization

Physician specialty and variation in carotid revascularization technique selected for Medicare patients.

Citation

Wallaert JB, Nolan BW, Stone DH, et al. Physician specialty and variation in carotid revascularization technique selected for Medicare patients. J Vasc Surg 2016 Jan;63(1):89–97. PMID: 26432281.

Principal Investigator

Goodney, Philip

Project Name

Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization

Outcomes of carotid endarterectomy versus stenting in comparable medical risk patients.

Citation

Spangler EL, Goodney PP, Schanzer A, et al. Outcomes of carotid endarterectomy versus stenting in comparable medical risk patients. J Vasc Surg 2014;60(5):1227–31. PMID: 24953899.

Principal Investigator

Goodney, Philip

Project Name

Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization

Measuring and Improving Ambulatory Patient Safety with an Electronic Dashboard - Final Report

Citation

Sarkar U. Measuring and Improving Ambulatory Patient Safety with an Electronic Dashboard - Final Report. (Prepared by the University of California, San Francisco under Grant No. R21 HS021322). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015.

Principal Investigator

Sarkar, Urmimala

Project Name

Measuring and Improving Ambulatory Patient Safety with an Electronic Dashboard

Relationships between 2-year survival, costs, and outcomes following carotid endarterectomy in asymptomatic patients in the Vascular Quality Initiative.

Citation

Wallaert JB, Newhall KA, Suckow BD, et al. Relationships between 2-year survival, costs, and outcomes following carotid endarterectomy in asymptomatic patients in the Vascular Quality Initiative. Ann Vasc Surg 2016 Aug;35:174-82. PMID: 27236090.

Principal Investigator

Goodney, Philip

Project Name

Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization

Aligning population-based care management with chronic disease complexity.

Citation

Hewner S, Seo JY, Gothard SE, et al. Aligning population-based care management with chronic disease complexity. Nurs Outlook. 2014 Jul-Aug;62(4):250-8. PMID: 24882573.

Principal Investigator

Hewner, Sharon

Project Name

Coordinating Transitions: Health Information Technology Role in Improving Multiple Chronic Disease Outcomes

First opioid prescription and subsequent high-risk opioid use: a national study of privately insured and Medicare Advantage adults.

Citation

Zhang Y, Johnson P, Jeng PJ, et al. First opioid prescription and subsequent high-risk opioid use: a national study of privately insured and Medicare Advantage adults. J Gen Intern Med 2018 Sep 11. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4628-y. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30206790.

Principal Investigator

Ancker, Jessica

Project Name

Improving Healthcare Quality with User-Centric Patient Portals

An Evaluation of the Spread and Scale of PatientToc™ from Primary Care to Community Pharmacy Practice for the Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Description

This research will implement in pharmacies a patient-reported outcomes collection tool, PatientToc™, to collect data around medication adherence that can be used by pharmacists to improve adherence.

Grant Number

R18 HS025943

Principal Investigator(s)

Snyder, Margie E.

Connected Cancer Care: Electronic Health Record Communication Networks in Virtual Cancer Care Teams

Description

This research developed methods for measuring electronic health record (EHR) communication networks—defined as EHR-based information-sharing connections among healthcare professionals—for virtual care teams and examined the relationship between EHR communication networks and care quality.

Grant Number

R21 HS026075

Principal Investigator(s)

Zhu, Xi

Effect of hospital readmission reduction on patients at low, medium, and high risk of readmission in the Medicare population.

Citation

Blecker S, Herrin J, Kwon JY, Grady JN, Jones S, Horwitz LI. Effect of hospital readmission reduction on patients at low, medium, and high risk of readmission in the Medicare population. J Hosp Med. 2018 Aug 1;13(8):537-543.
doi: 10.12788/jhm.2936. Epub 2018 Feb 12. PMID: 29455229.

Principal Investigator

Blecker, Saul B.

Project Name

Health Information Technology in Heart Failure Care