Standards and Classifications

Pilot Testing of Electronic Prescribing Standards

Description

This project, one of five grants awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to conduct electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) pilots, evaluated six standards that were being considered for e-prescribing under Medicare Part D.

Grant Number
U18 HS016391
Principal Investigator(s)

Patient Safety Metadata

Description

The United States Health Information Knowledgebase is a metadata registry of health care-related data standards.

Contract Number
290-08-10005
Principal Investigator(s)

Toward an Optimal Patient Safety Information System

Description

Promoted and evaluated the interchange of patient safety information and the reporting of adverse events and close calls among public and private voluntary incident reporting systems being used at U.S. hospitals.

Grant Number
R01 HS015164
Principal Investigator(s)

Value of New Drug Labeling Knowledge for e-Prescribing

Description

Created a prescribing tool with decision support (checking dosage, contraindications, and drug interactions) that can be easily integrated into a provider's practices; implemented and piloted tests the tool to evaluate its benefits and costs.

Grant Number
R01 HS015377
Principal Investigator(s)

Health Information Technology Hazard Manager

Description

This project extensively tested, refined, and evaluated a tool called the Hazard Manager, a tool designed to support the characterization of hazards and communicate their potential and actual causality in adverse effects.

Contract Number
290-06-00011I-14
Principal Investigator(s)

Using Information Technology (IT) to Improve Medication Safety for Rural Elders

Description

Implemented a Patient-Centered Medication Information System (PCMIS) to provide secure access to accurate, complete, and current medication information for patients, clinicians, pharmacists, and nurses, reconciled differences in medication information, and provided a platform for evidence-based decision support; assessed the benefits and costs of the system.

Grant Number
UC1 HS014928
Principal Investigator(s)