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 assessed the etiology of medication ordering errors, finding that errors stemmed from multi-level risk factors and showing the utility of a void alert tool to prospectively capture the broad range of errors that may occur in practice that may be missed by using traditional retrospective error reporting methods.Principal Investigator: Abraham, JoannaProject Dates: August 01, 2017 to July 31, 2020
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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: This project developed an emergency care data registry for pediatric patients using electronic health records and assessed change in benchmarks for quality care measures.Principal Investigator: Alpern, ElizabethProject Dates: September 30, 2011 to September 29, 2017
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Description: This project held an invitation-only conference to examine methodological issues related to the identification and development of outcome measures and their accompanying risk-adjustment models in the electronic health record environment.Principal Investigator: Schmaltz, StephenProject Dates: September 30, 2011 to September 29, 2012
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Description: This project investigated and validated the prevalence and patterns of exception reporting among physicians participating in the Cardio-HIT collaborative, a practice-based research network. The overall objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of exception reporting, document specific reasons for exceptions, evaluate the relative accuracy of reported exceptions, and identify the location of exception data in electronic health records.Principal Investigator: Kmetik, KarenProject Dates: September 26, 2007 to December 31, 2009
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Description: This study explored whether a health information technology-enabled strategy could improve quality of care for chronic conditions and preventive services.Principal Investigator: Baker, DavidProject Dates: September 01, 2007 to August 31, 2011