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Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events

Description

This project adapted and tested a virtual patient advocate to interact with patients after hospital discharge to address the problems of discontinuity and fragmentation of care that occur in the transition from the hospital to the ambulatory setting.

Grant Number

R18 HS017196

Principal Investigator(s)

Jack, Brian

Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve the Health of Young African American Women

Description

This project modified an existing virtual patient advocate (VPA), a clinical patient education system, to become a health education tool directed towards young African-American women.

Contract Number

290-06-0012-7

Principal Investigator(s)

Jack, Brian

Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events - 2010

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events

Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve the Health of Young African American Women - 2010

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve the Health of Young African American Women

Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events - 2011

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events

Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve the Health of Young African American Women - 2011

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve the Health of Young African American Women

Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events - Final Report

Citation

Jack B. Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events - Final Report. (Prepared by Boston Medical Center under Grant No. R18 HS017196). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2012.

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events

Communication-Focused Technologies for Improving the Health of Young African-American Women - Final Report

Citation

Jack B, Bickmore T, Cuoco M, et al. Communication-Focused Technologies for Improving the Health of Young African-American Women - Final Report. (Prepared by Boston University under Contract No. 290-06-0012-7). AHRQ Publication No. 12-0013-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, December 2011.

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve the Health of Young African American Women

Reaching women through health information technology: the gabby preconception care system.

Citation

Gardiner P, Hempstead MB, Ring L, et al. Reaching women through health information technology: the gabby preconception care system. Am J Health Promot 2013 Jan-Feb;27(3 Suppl):eS11-20.

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Using Innovative Communication Technology to Improve the Health of Young African American Women

FPs lower hospital readmission rates and costs.

Citation

Chetty VK, Culpepper L, Phillips RL Jr, et al. FPs lower hospital readmission rates and costs. Am Fam Physician 2011 May 1;83(9):1054. PMID: 21534517.

Principal Investigator

Jack, Brian

Project Name

Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events