AHRQ Funded Projects
Search the entire portfolio of AHRQ-funded digital healthcare research projects. Projects can be identified by technology studied, medical condition, population, status of the project, principal investigator, organization, funding mechanism and location.
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Description: This research will test and validate a machine learning predictive analytic intervention to optimize the timely and appropriate use of interpreters for hospitalized patients with language barriers and complex care needs.Principal Investigator: Barwise, Amelia K.Project Dates: May 01, 2022 to April 30, 2024
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Description: This project identified patients’ needs, preferences, and responses when receiving abnormal test result notifications through an electronic patient portal, and developed a usable prototype to improving test result communication.Principal Investigator: Singh, HardeepProject Dates: September 30, 2014 to March 31, 2017
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Description: This project enhanced patient notification of test results for older adults by adding verbal, graphic, or visual enhancements to improve patient comprehension of risk.Principal Investigator: Morrow, DanielProject Dates: May 01, 2014 to April 30, 2017
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Description: The goal of this research was to document the ability of low-income, multiethnic older adults to use information technology applications for personal health information management.Principal Investigator: Bertoni, AlainProject Dates: July 01, 2013 to June 30, 2019
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Description: This project piloted an embodied conversational agent to support shared decisionmaking for prostate cancer treatment and found that the tools was technically feasible however, many men preferred receiving information from their providers.Principal Investigator: Gillespie, TheresaProject Dates: September 30, 2012 to September 29, 2015
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Description: This project examined the fidelity of the implementation of the Self-Management Automated Real-Time Telephone Support program to better-inform tailoring of healthPrincipal Investigator: Handley, MargaretProject Dates: July 11, 2011 to December 31, 2012
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Description: The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool is a systematic method to evaluate and compare the understandability and actionability of patient education materials.Principal Investigator: Shoemaker, SarahProject Dates: July 19, 2010 to July 18, 2013
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Description: This project utilized input from patients and clinicians in order to develop three test versions of an after visit summary (AVS), and employed a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the various versions against a standard AVS.Principal Investigator: Pavlik, ValoryProject Dates: September 15, 2009 to March 15, 2012
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Description: This project examined adults aged 40-85 and their ability to conduct health management tasks within a simulated patient portal of an electronic medical record.Principal Investigator: Taha, Jessica RoseProject Dates: September 01, 2009 to November 30, 2011
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Description: The purpose of this project was to establish a foundation and propose an action agenda for the integration of patients’ personal health information management into the design of consumer health information technology.Principal Investigator: Peterson, AnneProject Dates: July 14, 2008 to December 31, 2009