University of Minnesota


Use of Electronic Health Record Metadata to Assess Hospital Discharge Planning for Post-Acute Transitions

Description

This research will develop and test novel approaches for using electronic health record metadata to characterize and evaluate hospital discharge planning practices, with the long-term goal of providing tools to monitor and strengthen specific behaviors within discharge workflows that optimize post-acute transitions of care.

Grant Number
R21 HS028865
Principal Investigator(s)

Evaluation of the SCALED (SCaling AcceptabLE cDs) Approach for the Implementation of Interoperable Clinical Decision Support for Venous Thromboembolism Prevention

Description

This research will adapt an existing interoperable clinical decision support (CDS) tool for prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) to those with traumatic brain injury, scale it using an implementation strategy called SCALED (Scaling AcceptabLE cDs), and evaluate that approach to ensure that CDS tools are based on the most current evidence.

Grant Number
R18 HS028583

Health Information Exchange Utilization and Inter-Hospital Transfer Outcomes

Description

This research examined whether Health Information Exchange (HIE) systems improve communication, reduce costs, and enhance outcomes for high-risk patients transferred between hospitals, finding that while HIE participation improved information sharing and patient outcomes, it did not consistently lead to an improvement in in-hospital mortality, shorter stays, or lower overall care costs.

Grant Number
R01 HS026732
Principal Investigator(s)