Limited Competition for AHRQ Transforming Healthcare Quality Through Information Technology - Implementation Grants
Impact of prior clinical information in an EHR on care outcomes of emergency patients.
The use of count data models in biomedical informatics evaluation research.
The impact of electronic health records on people with diabetes in three different emergency departments.
Improving Quality Care for Children with Special Needs
This project developed a secure Web-based electronic health record for children with special health care needs called the Tennessee Child Health Profile.
A network collaboration implementing technology to improve medication dispensing and administration in critical access hospitals.
Creating a shared formulary in 7 critical access hospitals.
Implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists.
Regional Approach for Transforming Healthcare Quality through Information Technology (THQIT) in Rural Settings
Launches a health records-sharing project, led by Geisinger Health System, with Shamokin Area Community Hospital and Sunbury Community Hospital to permit secure electronic access to patient records.
Implementation of Health Improvement Collaboration in Cherokee County, OK
Implemented a HIPAA-compliant electronic records system to improve public health, patient safety and facilitate information sharing among health care providers in the Talequah area, with the goals of establishing a Web-based information and referral service and creating a community-wide, science-based prevention strategy supported by the new information system.