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.
- Description: This project identified strategies that mitigate the stress associated with provider use of health information and communications technologies.Principal Investigator: Kroth, PhilipProject Dates: June 01, 2014 to May 31, 2018
- Description: This project developed and deployed iHealth, an Internet-based disease management tool that collects data and generates reports to enhance management of Hepatitis C virus.Principal Investigator: Arora, SanjeevProject Dates: September 30, 2009 to July 31, 2013
- 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
- Description: Thirty-three states and 1 territory formed the HISPC, which aims to address the privacy and security challenges presented by electronic health information exchange through multi-state collaboration. With the support of its state or territorial governor, each team engaged a steering committee and a range of local stakeholders to 1) assess variations in organization-level business policies and state laws that affect health information exchange; 2) identify and propose practical solutions, while preserving the privacy and security requirements in applicable Federal and State laws and 3) develop detailed plans to implement solutions.Principal Investigator: Blair, JeffProject Dates: September 30, 2005 to December 31, 2007
- Description: Developed a community-wide HIE collaborative in a rural area that gave patients and providers access to comprehensive clinical data on the Internet; developed disease-management prototypes on diabetes, pediatric asthma, depression, and low back pain and evaluated the development, implementation, and outcomes of the collaborative.Principal Investigator: Gunter, MargaretProject Dates: September 30, 2004 to March 31, 2008
- Description: Connected urban medical center disease experts with rural general practitioners and community health representatives over a telehealth network to effectively treat patients with chronic, common and complex diseases who do not have direct access to specialty health care providers.Principal Investigator: Arora, SanjeevProject Dates: September 30, 2004 to August 31, 2008