Electronic Health Record/Electronic Medical Record

Crossing the Quality Chasm in Eastern Rural Kern County

Description

Developed a regional collaborative and business plan for implementing health IT in a rural region; also conducted a telemedicine demonstration project to assess the barriers and issues of broad health IT intervention including telemedicine/teleradiology, scan/store medical record, chronic disease registry and personal health record, and linking the region's partners.

Grant Number
P20 HS015342
Principal Investigator(s)

Statewide Implementation of Electronic Health Records

Description

Performed a rigorous evaluation of the impact of a statewide implementation program on EHR adoption by rural and non-rural ambulatory care practices and its impact on medication errors and the quality of ambulatory care as a collaborative effort among providers, insurers, and businesses in cooperation with the state government.

Grant Number
UC1 HS015397
Principal Investigator(s)

A Community-Shared Clinical Abstract to Improve Care

Description

Established an electronic medical record system to enhance communication among area health care organizations and promote safe, high-quality care for patients with chronic illnesses. Initially, the project focused on patients with congestive heart failure.

Grant Number
UC1 HS016155
Principal Investigator(s)

IT Systems for Rural Indian Clinic Health Care

Description

Integrated health services research, clinic redesign, and electronic practice management through the implementation of electronic health records and clinical decision support systems (CDSS) by partnering with three rural Tribal Health Programs to implement electronic health records with clinical decision support systems.

Grant Number
UC1 HS015339
Principal Investigator(s)