USA, MD, Rockville


Electronic Health Record Information Design and Usability Toolkit

Description

While health information technology (IT) systems are expected to significantly reduce medication errors, studies have found that issues with usability and information design can actually facilitate errors or decrease the efficiency gains made possible by health IT.

Contract Number
290-09-00023I-7
Principal Investigator(s)

Patient-Centered Medical Home Information Model

Description

Through the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Information Model project, Westat aims to develop a functional model to define the PCMH that would describe it in both narrative and technical terms through the interactions between and among PCMH stakeholders.

Contract Number
290-09-00023I-6
Principal Investigator(s)