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 is developing and testing VR-Choice, an immersive virtual reality experience designed to increase patient willingness to engage in shared decision-making for medications for opioid use disorder after being treated for an opioid-related overdose in the emergency department.Principal Investigator: Soares, William E., Fraenkel, LianaProject Dates: September 30, 2023 to September 29, 2028
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Description: This research evaluated the appropriateness, acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of the Gabby Health Information Technology System among Black and African American women receiving care at community-based clinical sites.Principal Investigator: Jack, BrianProject Dates: September 01, 2017 to December 31, 2022
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Description: This project developed a relational agent system--a human animation program that interacts with patients--to deliver depression treatment to patients with chronic illness and comorbid depression and found the system to be feasible and user-friendly.Principal Investigator: Mitchell, SuzanneProject Dates: August 01, 2014 to July 31, 2017
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Description: This project developed and tested the impact of a virtual patient on the clinical approach of primary care providers at a community health center serving refugee patients.Principal Investigator: Mollica, RichardProject Dates: September 30, 2011 to September 29, 2014
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Description: This project modified an existing virtual patient advocate (VPA), a clinical patient education system, to become a health education tool directed towards young African-American women.Principal Investigator: Jack, BrianProject Dates: July 01, 2009 to October 31, 2011
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Description: This project adapted and tested a virtual patient advocate to interact with patients after hospital discharge to address the problems of discontinuity and fragmentation of care that occur in the transition from the hospital to the ambulatory setting.Principal Investigator: Jack, BrianProject Dates: September 01, 2007 to August 31, 2011