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 compare the use of predictive modeling versus traditional questionnaires to identify those with unmet social needs, use the superior method to inform the development of a clinical decision support tool, and evaluate the tool’s impact on referrals to social providers.Principal Investigator: Vest, Joshua RyanProject Dates: May 01, 2021 to April 30, 2026
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Description: The research team will implement and evaluate an integration application that incorporates relevant health information exchange data directly into the electronic health record in the emergency department.Principal Investigator: Schleyer, TitusProject Dates: September 30, 2020 to September 29, 2024
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Description: This research assessed the use of a health information exchange system in emergency department settings, finding that although overall usage is relatively low, additional functionalities such as single sign on add value to clinical decision making and enable faster retrieval of patient records from external sources compared to traditional methods when embedded into existing workflows.Principal Investigator: Dixon, BrianProject Dates: September 01, 2017 to August 31, 2020
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Description: In this study, researchers created new electronic health record-based decision support tools that guide clinicians’ perceptions and judgments of noncancer pain in ways that lead to increased use of guideline-based patient assessment and treatment of pain.Principal Investigator: Harle, Christopher AlbertProject Dates: September 30, 2015 to July 31, 2020
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Description: This project integrated an electronic medication reconciliation system with an electronic prescribing system and evaluated whether the resulting system altered the rate of medication reconciliation and the incidence of medication errors.Principal Investigator: Weiner, MichaelProject Dates: September 30, 2009 to July 31, 2013
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Description: This project developed, implemented, and evaluated the impact of a computerized tool to automatically identify tests with pending results at hospital discharge, and assist in communicating those to followup providers.Principal Investigator: Were, MartinProject Dates: September 30, 2009 to July 31, 2014
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Description: The Indiana Network for Patient Care, an operational health information exchange (HIE) in central Indiana, is one of six AHRQ sponsored State and Regional demonstration projects begun in late 2004 and early 2005 to create State or regional HIEs.Principal Investigator: Overhage, MarcProject Dates: September 01, 2004 to July 31, 2010