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Leveraging Digital Health Technologies to Address the Needs of Underserved Populations

AHRQ will host a panel discussion on February 28, 2023

New API Makes It Easier to Search AHRQ Resources

Health IT developers can use CEDAR to integrate AHRQ CEPI research findings directly into their systems.

Improving Healthcare Through AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program

Learn how digital healthcare technologies work best for patients, clinicians, and health systems.

Guide to Integrate Patient-Generated Digital Health Data into Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care Settings

Implement a successful and sustainable PGHD program.

AHRQ Clinical Decision Support Special Expert Vacancy

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About AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program

AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program's mission is to produce and disseminate evidence about how the evolving digital healthcare ecosystem can best advance the quality, safety, and effectiveness of healthcare for patients and their families. To fulfill its mission, AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program has invested in research grants and contracts awarded to over 289 distinct institutions in 48 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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NEW AHRQ PUBLICATION | Integrating a Patient Engagement App into an Electronic Health Record-Enabled Workflow Using Interoperability Standards
NEW AHRQ NATIONAL WEBINAR| Leveraging Digital Health Technologies to Address the Needs of Underserved Populations
NEW GRANTEE PROFILE | David Dorr, M.D.
NEW BLOG | September 29, 2022 Patient-Centered Care Takes Center Stage in New Report from AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program
FEATURED AHRQ PUBLICATION | Nothing for me or about me, without me: codesign of clinical decision support
FEATURED AHRQ PUBLICATION | Challenges and opportunities for advancing patient-centered clinical decision support: findings from a horizon scan
SPECIAL EMPHASIS NOTICE | AHRQ Announces Interest in Research on Digital Healthcare Safety

Latest Research Findings

A wearable digital healthcare intervention to promote selfregulation among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and their parents is a promising method to support adherence to treatment.

Translating hypertension guidelines into a patient-facing clinical decision support tool can engage patients in blood pressure management.

Analysis of patient safety event reports showed an association between electronic health record (EHR) usability and patient safety in both adults and children and led to development of an EHR assessment tool that healthcare facilities can use to identify usability and safety issues.

Giving clinicians the ability to customize the patient electronic health record display reduces cognitive burden, saves time, and supports decision making in busy clinical environments.

Simple and informative graphic displays in emergency department trauma bays can streamline and expedite information sharing across caregiver roles to improve patient care and safety.

A clinical decision support tool helps patients and physicians use at-home measured blood pressure data to better understand hypertension control and inform shared treatment decisions.

Including virtual pharmacists in palliative care teams can reduce adverse drug interactions and increase the quality of life for people who are very ill.

Governance, integration, and reporting are key systems-level principles that support incorporation of electronic patient-reported outcomes into clinical practice.

Many people with depression who do not have upcoming medical appointments go undiagnosed. An online questionnaire can help get them into treatment.

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