Federally Qualified Health Center

Engaging Disadvantaged Patients in Sharing Patient-Generated Health Data and Patient-Reported Outcomes Through Health Information Technology

Description

In this study, researchers assessed the feasibility of using commercial off-the-shelf mobile technology, including phones and fitness trackers, to collect and report patient-generated health data and patient-reported outcomes from diverse, disadvantaged patients in an urban safety net health care system.

Grant Number
R21 HS025505
Principal Investigator(s)

Use of Push and Pull Health Information Exchange Technologies by Ambulatory Care Practices and the Impact on Potentially Avoidable Healthcare Utilization

Description

This research demonstrated primary care providers’ complementary use of “push” and “pull” health information exchange technologies to meet their information needs and provides evidence that “pull” exchange reduces potentially avoidable healthcare utilization.

Grant Number
R01 HS024556
Principal Investigator(s)

Health Information Exchange: A Frontier Model

Description

Establishes a Web-based electronic medical record system for 10 small rural hospitals to connect them to the area's regional medical center. The project's ultimate goal is to quickly give alImplements a regional health information exchange among an established collaborative of hospitals, clinics, and providers across Nebraska's remote 14,000-square-mile western panhandle; also helps participating providers acquire the equipment and other resources necessary to share laboratory and pharmaceutical data, as well as electronic medical records.

Grant Number
UC1 HS016143
Principal Investigator(s)