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 study will develop, evaluate, and disseminate a multicomponent intervention including a mobile health application and digital navigator training to support safe care transitions for patients with multiple chronic conditions.Principal Investigator: Samal, Lipika, Dykes, PatriciaProject Dates: September 30, 2022 to July 31, 2027
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Description: This research will refine a current health information exchange platform to improve data exchange for inter-hospital transfers, evaluate its impact, and create a dissemination toolkit so that others may adopt this model.Principal Investigator: Mueller, StephanieProject Dates: August 01, 2022 to May 31, 2027
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Description: This research will develop and test novel approaches for using electronic health record metadata to characterize and evaluate hospital discharge planning practices, with the long-term goal of providing tools to monitor and strengthen specific behaviors within discharge workflows that optimize post-acute transitions of care.Principal Investigator: Cross, DoriProject Dates: April 01, 2022 to March 31, 2024
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Description: This research will use digital health tools leveraging patient-reported outcomes and data from electronic health records to engage individuals with multiple chronic conditions to improve understanding of individualized risk of adverse events during care transitions.Principal Investigator: Dalal, Anuj K.Project Dates: September 30, 2021 to August 31, 2026
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Description: This research will integrate cross-sector care alerts and interoperable personalized care planning into the existing Coordinating Transitions Intervention (CTI) tool and evaluate the impact of the revised tool on patient burden, care team collaboration, and utilization value for high-need, high-cost patients.Principal Investigator: Hewner, SharonProject Dates: April 01, 2021 to March 31, 2026
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Description: The research team developed a smartphone application that notifies primary care providers when patients receive care in the hospital or emergency department, allowing for rapid followup care.Principal Investigator: Liss, David T.Project Dates: September 30, 2016 to September 29, 2019
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Description: This study analyzed and modeled information requirements, decision making, and workflow of homecare nurses admitting patients leading to the development, review, and dissemination of information technology design and implementation recommendations in this setting.Principal Investigator: Sockolow, PaulinaProject Dates: April 01, 2016 to March 31, 2020
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Description: This study aimed to improve care transitions for low-income patients with multiple chronic conditions using health information exchange, and found significant reductions in inpatient and emergency department utilization.Principal Investigator: Hewner, SharonProject Dates: July 15, 2014 to December 31, 2016
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Description: This study sought to gain an understanding of the personal health information management needs and practices of older adults and their caregivers to inform the design of health information technologies that support older adult health and independence.Principal Investigator: Turner, Anne M.Project Dates: September 30, 2013 to August 31, 2019
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Description: This research studied the healthcare information needs of elders and their family caregivers and developed an online platform to allow this group to share health information.Principal Investigator: Safran, CharlesProject Dates: May 15, 2013 to February 28, 2019