Health Information Exchange

Boone County Community Care Network

Description

Designed a county-wide health information system that allowed health information sharing and permitted real-time order placement by hospitals, health departments, private physicians' offices, clinics, and long-term care facilities.

Grant Number
P20 HS015286
Principal Investigator(s)

Improving the Quality and Safety of Regional Surgical Patient Care through the Creation of a Multi-institutional Partnership for the Implementation and Support of Perioperative Informatics Tools

Description

Developed a detailed plan for the implementation and support of informatics tools in regional health centers including the creation of informatics tools to manage institutional surgical care information, creation of a multi-institutional partnership to manage both the informatics and surgical quality improvement programs, and the development of an economic model related to the business and safety benefits.

Grant Number
P20 HS015401
Principal Investigator(s)

HIT Service Integration

Description

Created a detailed assessment of the feasibility of health IT implementation including the development of an implementation plan, specification of clinical and organizational needs, identification of goals, and identification of barriers and ways to address those barriers.

Grant Number
P20 HS015195
Principal Investigator(s)

Creating Online Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Networks to Educate, Consult & Team

Description

Expands upon an electronic medical records-sharing initiative for high-risk infants and their families in Mississippi, linking new health centers and clinics and serving a rural area that spans 17 counties; uses telemedicine technologies to enhance evidence-based developmental care for newborns in acute care hospitals; and creates Web-based decision support resources for physicians who care for infants.

Grant Number
UC1 HS016147
Principal Investigator(s)

Regional Health Records for Frontier Communities

Description

Planned the implementation of a regional health record system within established networks of rural hospitals, clinics, public health providers, behavioral health providers, and others across a 14,000 square mile remote area.

Grant Number
P20 HS015365
Principal Investigator(s)

Electronic Communications Across Provider Settings

Description

Integrated an office-based EMR within an acute care hospital, rural community health centers, a community mental health center, a family medicine residency, private physician practices, and a home nursing service for improving use of the EMR as a clinical tool, integrate clinical data, and increase access to the data.

Grant Number
P20 HS015414
Principal Investigator(s)

Critical Access Hospital Partnership Health Information Technology Implementation

Description

Established a Web-based electronic medical record system for 10 small rural hospitals to connect them to the area's regional medical center. The project's ultimate goal was to quickly give all providers access to patient data, eliminate duplicate tests and exams, deliver high-quality care, reduce medical errors and track health outcomes.

Grant Number
UC1 HS016152
Principal Investigator(s)