AHRQ-Funded Projects
Prevent Diabetes Mellitus (PreDM) Clinical Decision Support Intervention in Community Health Centers
This project will develop and evaluate the impact of the Prevent Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Decision Support on clinical outcomes, healthcare process measures, and associated costs.
i-Matter: Investigating an mHealth Texting Tool for Embedding Patient-Reported Data into Diabetes Management
This project will evaluate the effects of a technology-based patient-reported outcomes system on patient management of type 2 diabetes in primary care practices.
TREAT ECARDS: Translating Evidence into Action: Electronic Clinical Decision Support in ARDS
This project will develop and evaluate an electronic clinical decision support tool for care of patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Adapting, Scaling, and Spreading an Algorithmic Asthma Mobile Intervention to Promote Patient-Reported Outcomes Within Primary Care Settings
This project will adapt and evaluate a mobile health application to improve patient-reported asthma outcomes in New York.
Patient Outcomes Reporting for Timely Assessments of Life with Depression: PORTAL-Depression
This project will integrate the Computerized Adaptive Test for Mental Health into an electronic health record and evaluate the effectiveness of collecting depression symptoms with a patient portal.
Optimizing Acute Post-Operative Dental Pain Management Using New Health Information Technology
This project will use mobile health technology to collect patient-reported outcomes after dental procedures to optimize the quality of acute post-operative dental pain management.
Expansion, Implementation, and Evaluation of Electronic Health Record-Integrated Patient-Reported Symptom Screening in a Comprehensive Cancer Center
This project will expand, implement, and evaluate the use of a cancer screening platform, the Oncology Symptom Screening Initiative (OSSI), to improve psychosocial screening of cancer patients.
CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting
This project will examine the impact of implementing the e-Prescribing standard CancelRx on outpatient medication discrepancies and on clinic and pharmacy workflows.
Quantifying Efficiencies Gained through Shareable Clinical Decision Support Resources
This research will evaluate the lifecycle of clinical decision support (CDS), as currently implemented at most health systems, against a future CDS state that incorporates the use of shareable CDS resources created using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s CDS Connect tools.
Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign
This study will examine usability and safety hazards of electronic medication administration records, with a focus on communication and information flow between health information technology applications.