Preventive Medicine


Stay-at-Home Influenza Toolkit

Description

This project built on the past developments and findings from the Influenza Self-Management Web site. The project team revised, enhanced, and then piloted the Web site as a toolkit for influenza self-management.

Contract Number
290-07-10009-4
Principal Investigator(s)

Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry with Decision Support

Description

Assessed the value of a computerized clinic order entry tool in rural primary care practices for appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy for acute respiratory infections, frequency of hemoglobin A1c in diabetics, incidence of outpatient adverse drug events, and influenza vaccine immunizations.

Grant Number
R01 HS015413
Principal Investigator(s)

Implementation of Health Improvement Collaboration in Cherokee County, OK

Description

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.

Grant Number
UC1 HS016131
Principal Investigator(s)