A Community-Shared Clinical Abstract to Improve Care
Description:
Plans the use of IT to enhance communication at care transitions and develops an implementation plan for a community- and patient-shared EMR abstract that will be available at the point of care.
Year 1 Funding: $181,202
(Estimated total funding: $181,202)
Principal Investigator: Barry Bershow
Applicant Institution: Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
Grant No.: P20 HS14951 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
HIT Strategic Plan of SW Minnesota Health Providers
Description:
Develops a regional health IT strategic plan between 28 healthcare providers including a comprehensive needs assessment of all of the participating organizations, prioritization of needs, identification of health IT solutions to prioritized needs, and development of appropriate implementation plans.
Year 1 Funding: $196,274
(Estimated total funding: $196,274)
Principal Investigator: Charles Ness
Applicant Institution: Granite Falls Municipal Hospital, Granite Falls, MN
Grant No.: P20 HS14912 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
HIT-based Regional Medication Management Pharmacy System
Description:
Implements an interactive video-conferencing system at rural hospitals to provide continuing education for pharmacist and pharmacy technicians as well as a model for bedside verification of medication administration and medication bar coding; also evaluates structure, process, and outcomes related to improvement of patient safety and more effective patient medication management.
Year 1 Funding: $488,785
(Estimated total funding: $1,374,616)
Principal Investigator: Mark Schmidt
Applicant Institution: Clouquet Community Memorial , Clouquet, MN
Grant No.: UC1 HS14965 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Creating Online NICU Networks to Educate, Consult & Team
Description:
Develops, implements, and evaluates a cooperative effort using health IT to facilitate a continuum of appropriate medical and developmental care from the time infants are admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units through the transition process to community-based health care services for infants most at-risk for long-term neurodevelopmental problems.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: Jane Siders
Applicant Institution: The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Grant No.: P20 HS14996 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Detecting Med Errors in Rural Hospitals Using Technology
Description:
Implements and evaluates a voluntary system for reporting medical errors and adverse drug events in eight small rural hospitals; identifies barriers to technology, describes the epidemiology and root causes of the errors, formulates quality-improvement interventions, and disseminates the results of the project.
Year 1 Funding: $405,034
(Estimated total funding: $1,222,089)
Principal Investigator: Andrew Brown
Applicant Institution: University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Grant No.: UC1 HS15400 (9/30/2004-8/31/2007)
Project InfoCare
Description:
Creates a community-wide EMR with integrated clinical decision support that is available across the continuum of care including a rural hospital, a home health agency, 14 physician clinics, and 5 long-term care facilities.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1.5M)
Principal Investigator: Peggy Esch
Applicant Institution: Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar, MO
Grant No.: UC1 HS15110 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Planning the Implementation of HIT in a Rural Setting
Description:
Plans the development and implementation of a health IT infrastructure throughout three rural counties including high-speed Internet access, CPOE, CDSS, EHR, and continuity of care record templates.
Year 1 Funding: $186,200
(Estimated total funding: $186,200)
Principal Investigator: William Reiter
Applicant Institution: Community Hospital of Anaconda, Inc., Anaconda, MT
Grant No.: P20 HS14903 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Decreasing ADEs in Montana Frontier Critical Access Hospitals through HIT
Description: Assesses opportunities to decrease adverse drug events and medication errors in frontier Montana Critical Access Hospitals; identifies appropriate, cost effective health IT solutions to challenges in medication use.
Year 1 Funding: $174,886
(Estimated total funding: $174,886)
Principal Investigator: Kipman Smith
Applicant Institution: Townsend Health Systems, Inc., Townsend, MT
Grant No.: P20 HS14995 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Home Heart Failure (HF) Care Comparing Patient-Driven Technology Models
Description:
Assesses the impact of health IT on clinical and financial outcomes for patients with symptomatic congestive heart failure living in a rural area, including telemonitoring of vital signs and symptoms, evaluation of Technology Supported Case Management, and Technology Support Self Management.
Year 1 Funding: $488,426
(Estimated total funding: $1,454,568)
Principal Investigator: Lee Goldberg
Applicant Institution: St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, Billings, MT
Grant No.: R01 HS15459 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
HIT Plan for Region V Behavioral Health Care Providers
Description:
Plans, develops, and implements a methodology for behavioral health care providers to standardize core shared data elements; designs an integrated management information system for the sharing of health care data and information among rural and urban health care providers; connects rural providers to urban providers; and develops messaging capabilities between primary care and behavioral health care providers.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: Wende Baker
Applicant Institution: Heartland Health Alliance, Holbrook, NE
Grant No.: P20 HS15039 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Regional Health Records for Frontier Communities
Description:
Plans for the implementation of a regional health record system within established networks of rural hospitals, clinics, public health providers, behavioral health providers, and others across a 14,000 square mile remote area.
Year 1 Funding: $198,772
(Estimated total funding: $198,772)
Principal Investigator: Nancy Shank
Applicant Institution: Chadron Community Hospital, Lincoln, NE
Grant No.: P20 HS15365 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Electronic Communications Across Provider Settings
Description:
Integrates an office-based EMR within an acute care hospital, rural community health centers, a community mental health center, a family medicine residency, private physician practices, and a home nursing service to improve use of the EMR as a clinical tool, integrate clinical data, and increase access to the data.
Year 1 Funding: $197,649
(Estimated total funding: $197,649)
Principal Investigator: Deane Morrison
Applicant Institution: Concord Hospital, Concord, NH
Grant No.: P20 HS15414 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Project ECHO—Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes
Description:
Connects urban medical center disease experts with rural general practitioners and community health representatives over a telehealth network to effectively treat patients with chronic, common and complex diseases who do not have direct access to specialty healthcare providers.
Year 1 Funding: $474,958
(Estimated total funding: $1,455,258)
Principal Investigator: Sanjeev Arora
Applicant Institution: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Grant No.: UC1 HS15135 (9/30/2004-8/31/2007)
New Mexico Health Information Collaborative
Description:
Develops a community-wide HIE collaborative in a rural area that will give patients and providers access to comprehensive clinical data on the Internet; develops disease-management prototypes on diabetes, pediatric asthma, depression, and low back pain and evaluates the development, implementation, and outcomes of the collaborative.
Year 1 Funding: $345,067
(Estimated total funding: $992,377)
Principal Investigator: Martin Hickey
Applicant Institution: Lovelace Clinic Foundation, Albuquerque, NM
Grant No.: UC1 HS15447 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Planning Implementation of an EMR in a Rural Area
Description:
Researches the implementation of an EMR in the medical community and the use of electronic ordering; identifies a system that will allow for the seamless exchange of clinical information throughout the medical community.
Year 1 Funding: $96,100
(Estimated total funding: $96,100)
Principal Investigator: Jay Federaman
Applicant Institution: Adirondack Medical Center, Saranac Lake, NY
Grant No.: P20 HS15163 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Creating an Evidence Base for Vision Rehabilitation
Description:
Implements the newly developed Electronic Vision Rehabilitation Record and its tools to evaluate the effectiveness of current best practices and help refine practice as the evidence indicates.
Year 1 Funding: $497,068
(Estimated total funding: $1,442,113)
Principal Investigator: Betty Bird
Applicant Institution: Lighthouse International, New York, NY
Grant No.: UC1 HS15052 (9/01/2004-8/31/2007)
Taconic Health Information Network and Community
Description:
Adds a healthcare portal to the existing community-wide electronic data exchange which will allow for use of the current electronic messaging system along with migration to a full EMR; evaluates physician office efficiency improvement and cost reduction, payer return on investment, and safety and quality improvement.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1.5M)
Principal Investigator: John Blair III
Applicant Institution: Taconic IPA, Fishkill, NY
Grant No.: UC1 HS15316 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Valuation of Primary Care-Integrated Telehealth
Description:
Assesses the impact of a telehealth program on primary care utilization and cost for remote assessment and treatment of ill children in childcare and school sites.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1,464,778)
Principal Investigator: Kenneth McConnochie
Applicant Institution: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Grant No.: R01 HS15165 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Automated Adverse Drug Events Detection and Intervention
Description:
Establishes an automated surveillance system for detecting, reporting, and intervening as well as measuring the incidence and nature of adverse drug events suffered by patients.
Year 1 Funding: $498,091
(Estimated total funding: $1,455,091)
Principal Investigator: Peter Kilbridge
Applicant Institution: Duke University, Durham, NC
Grant No.: UC1 HS14882 (9/01/2004-8/31/2007)
Showing Health Information Value in a Community Network
Description:
Assesses the costs and benefits of health IT in an established community-wide network of academic, private and public healthcare facilities created to share clinical information for the purpose of population-based care management of Medicaid beneficiaries.
Year 1 Funding: $495,768
(Estimated total funding: $1,487,072)
Principal Investigator: David Lobach
Applicant Institution: Duke University, Durham, NC
Grant No.: R01 HS15057(9/30/2004-8/31/2007)
CCHS-East Huron Hospital CPOE Project
Description:
Creates an information management environment that integrates patient care data, standardizes practice variation and use of best practices, and supports the delivery of a seamless continuum of patient care throughout the health system through CPOE.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1.5M)
Principal Investigator: Greg Kall
Applicant Institution: Meridia Health System, East Cleveland, OH
Grant No.: UC1 HS15076 (9/30/2004-8/31/2007)
Trial of Decision Support to Improve Diabetes Outcomes
Description:
Evaluates the effects of a Web portal-based patient empowerment program and EMR system on quality of care, patient safety, and utilization for patients with diabetes and physicians in primary care practices.
Year 1 Funding: $499,766
(Estimated total funding: $1,495,569)
Principal Investigator: Randall Cebul
Applicant Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Grant No.: R01 HS15123 (9/30/2004-8/31/2007)
Health Improvement Collaboration in Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Description:
Creates a plan for developing an integrated, multifunctional, HIPAA-compliant Community Health Information Network; developing a telephonic comprehensive nurse line service and triage function; and investigating and implementing improvements for streamlining of existing appointment systems.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: Mark Jones
Applicant Institution: Tahlequah City Hospital, Tahlequah, OK
Grant No.: P20 HS15364 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
INTEGRIS Telewoundcare Network
Description:
Demonstrates and evaluates the clinical effectiveness and cost-savings of utilizing telehealth technology to reduce the days to healing for chronic wounds by improving access to caregivers, point of care processes, and dissemination of best practice information.
Year 1 Funding: $354,000
(Estimated total funding: $1,063,213)
Principal Investigator: Charles Bryant
Applicant Institution: INTEGRIS Health, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
Grant No.: UC1 HS15359 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Improving the Quality of Healthcare in Central Oregon
Description:
Develops an integrated health IT to improve rural access to healthcare, and identifies key issues to improve patient safety and quality of care, including analyzing the cost-benefit of technical solutions.
Year 1 Funding: $199,897
(Estimated total funding: $199,897)
Principal Investigator: Diane Audiss
Applicant Institution: St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, OR
Grant No.: P20 HS14930 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Bay Area Community Informatics Project
Description:
Plans the implementation of an HIE using a secure fiber optic connection between community care providers to share patient demographic, medical records, laboratory results and radiographic images.
Year 1 Funding: $174,190
(Estimated total funding: $174,190)
Principal Investigator: Jeffery Givens
Applicant Institution: Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay, OR
Grant No.: P20 HS14893 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Using IT to Improve Medication Safety for Rural Elders
Description:
Implements a Patient-Centered Medication Information System (PCMIS) to provide secure access to accurate, complete, and current medication information for patients, clinicians, pharmacists, and nurses, reconcile differences in medication information, and provide a platform for evidence-based decision support; assess the benefits and costs of the system.
Year 1 Funding: $496,748
(Estimated total funding: $1,496,748)
Principal Investigator: Paul Gorman
Applicant Institution: Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital, Lincoln City, OR
Grant No.: UC1 HS14928 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Medication Management: A Closed Computerized Loop
Description:
Implements health IT specifically related to medication administration and management and assesses the extent to which these technologies contribute to measurable and sustainable improvements in patient safety and quality of care.
Year 1 Funding: $494,278
(Estimated total funding: $1,490,897)
Principal Investigator: Mark Hetz
Applicant Institution: Three Rivers Community Hospital, Grants Pass, OR
Grant No.: UC1 HS15231 (9/10/2004-8/31/2007)
Improving Safety and Quality with Integrated Technology
Description:
Demonstrates the value of an integrated outpatient and inpatient health information system by assessing adherence to evidence-based treatment guidelines for women who are group B streptococcus positive including inappropriate antibiotic use and screening in the outpatient setting, and cost-benefit analysis.
Year 1 Funding: $479,202
(Estimated total funding: $1,461,150)
Principal Investigator: Jeanne-Marie Guise
Applicant Institution: Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Grant No.: R01 HS15321 (9/30/2004-8/31/2007)
Regional Approach for THQIT in Rural Settings
Description:
Conducts a formal clinical information and technical needs assessment to identify the optimal technical model for information sharing as well as actions required to overcome barriers; develops a project plan that will promote implementation of cost-effective clinical information services.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: James Walker
Applicant Institution: Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA
Grant No.: P20 HS15457 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Enhancing Patient Safety through a Universal EMR System
Description:
Implements an EMR system that allows 24-hour data sharing across 7 rural health care delivery sites for clinicians to access current and complete patient information using either Personal Digital Assistants or a Web portal.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1.5M)
Principal Investigator: Thomas Johnson
Applicant Institution: Dubois Regional Medical Center, DuBois, PA
Grant No.: UC1 HS15083 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology
Description: Contract that plans, develops, implements, and evaluates a Master Patient Index to facilitate interoperability and sharing patient data between public and private health care sectors.
Year 1 Funding: $1M (Estimated total funding: $5.0M)
Project Director: Patricia Nolan
Applicant Institution: State of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
Contract No.: 290-04-0007 (9/30/2004-9/29/2009)
State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology
Description: Contract that plans, implements, and evaluates a State-based regional data sharing and interoperatibility service interconnecting the health care entities in three counties including needs assessment for healthcare improvement and reforming TennCare.
Year 1 Funding: $977,038 (Estimated total funding: $5.0M)
Project Director: Mark E. Frisse
Applicant Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN
Contract No.: 290-04-0006 (9/30/2004-9/29/2009)
Improving the Quality and Safety of Regional Surgical Patient Care through the Creation of a Multi-institutional Partnership for the Implementation and Support of Perioperative Informatics Tools
Description:
Develops a detailed plan for the implementation and support of informatics tools in regional health centers including the creation of informatics tools to manage institutional surgical care information, creation of a multi-institutional partnership to manage both the informatics and surgical quality improvement programs, and the development of an economic model related to the business and safety benefits.
Year 1 Funding: $198,650
(Estimated total funding: $198,650)
Principal Investigator: Michael Higgins
Applicant Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Grant No.: P20 HS15401 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Improving Quality Care for Children with Special Needs
Description:
Develops a database that includes diagnoses, health records, and educational information on Children with Special Health Care Needs with emphasis on children with genetic conditions and developmental disabilities; makes this information available to physicians via a secure Web-based system.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: Carmen Lozzio
Applicant Institution: University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN
Grant No.: P20 HS15426 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Technology Exchange for Cancer Health Network (TECH-Net)
Description:
Implements a systematic care program to improve cancer management in rural communities by building upon an innovative approach to total clinical decision support to provide access to oncology, hematology, and other specialists through a dedicated telehealth network.
Year 1 Funding: $482,936
(Estimated total funding: $1,429,265)
Principal Investigator: Karen Fox
Applicant Institution: University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN
Grant No.: UC1 HS15437 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Rural Hospital Collaborative for Excellence Using IT
Description:
Implements advanced information technology in rural and small community hospitals including Web-based business intelligence tools, Internet connectivity, and standardized national measures of patient safety and quality; also provides education intervention to support implementation efforts and evaluate its effects on patient safety and quality.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1,482,965)
Principal Investigator: Patricia Dorris
Applicant Institution: Palo Pinto General Hospital, Mineral Wells, TX
Grant No.: UC1 HS15431 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Measuring the Value of Remote ICU Monitoring
Description:
Examines the effect of tele-ICU monitoring on mortality, complications, length of stay, cost-effectiveness, provider attitudes, and human factors issues in ICUs and 7 community hospitals.
Year 1 Funding: $492,000
(Estimated total funding: $1,442,426)
Principal Investigator: Eric Thomas
Applicant Institution: University of Texas-Houston
Grant No.: R01 HS15234 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Improving Communication Between Health Care Providers Via a Statewide Infrastructure: UHINClinical
Description: Contract that expands and enhances current Statewide network for the electronic exchange of patient administrative and clinical data and will support the adoption of EMRs.
Year 1 Funding: $993,371 (Estimated total funding: $5.0M)
Project Director: Jan Root
Applicant Institution: Utah Health Information Network, Murray, UT
Contract No.: 290-04-0002 (9/30/2004-9/29/2009)
Nursing Home IT: Optimal Medication and Care Delivery
Description:
Implements an health IT system with added best-practices decision support modules in 7 nursing homes and evaluates the impact on care processes, resident health outcomes, and staff efficiency and satisfaction.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1,486,452)
Principal Investigator: Susan Horn
Applicant Institution: International Severity Information Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Grant No.: UC1 HS15350 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry with Decision Support
Description:
Assesses 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.
Year 1 Funding: $499,998
(Estimated total funding: $1,499,650)
Principal Investigator: Matthew Samore
Applicant Institution: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Grant No.: R01 HS15413 (9/20/2004-8/31/2007
Improving Rural Healthcare with Technology
Description:
Utilizes existing health IT standards to integrate the current stand-alone databases and information systems of a consortium of three rural healthcare systems as the basis for creating a comprehensive electronic health record for patient care.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: C. Frederick Lord
Applicant Institution: Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, Windsor, VT
Grant Number: P20 HS14896 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Improving Healthcare Quality via Information Technology
Description:
Implements an integrated electronic patient medical record, electronic medication administration record, computerized physician order entry (CPOE), and clinical decision support software that will be accessible at all participating facilities which include an acute care hospital, home health care agency, ambulatory clinics, a rehab facility, and to the patient/resident from home.
Year 1 Funding: $497,575
(Estimated total funding: $1,486,304)
Principal Investigator: Robert Pezzulich
Applicant Institution: Southwestern Vermont Health, Bennington, VT
Grant No.: UC1 HS15270 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
Rural Virginia e-Health Collaborative
Description:
Examines automation of the continuity of care record for use in patient referrals, hospital admission, and hospital discharge; e-prescribing in physician practices, hospital discharge medications, and long-term care facilities with links to community pharmacies; and disease registries for managing preventive care interventions and chronic diseases.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: Michael Matthews
Applicant Institution: Rappahannock General Hospital, Kilmarnock, VA
Grant No.: P20 HS15301 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Evaluating the Impact of an ACPOE/CDS System on Outcomes
Description:
Implements an ambulatory computer physician order entry (ACPOE) system with clinical decision support capabilities in an ambulatory, community-based, integrated health-system; evaluates the impact of the system both internally, on organizational processes and human factors, and externally, on patient safety as measured by medication errors and adverse drug events.
Year 1 Funding: $416,245
(Estimated total funding: $1,030,363)
Principal Investigator: Sean Sullivan
Applicant Institution: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Grant No.: UC1 HS15319 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
A Rural HIT Cooperative to Promote Clinical Improvement
Description:
Demonstrates the value of health IT in improving quality of inpatient care for community-acquired pneumonia and emergency care of acute myocardial infarctions in rural hospitals.
Year 1 Funding: $499,993
(Estimated total funding: $1,498,916)
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Floersheim
Applicant Institution: Rural Healthcare Quality Network, Davenport, WA
Grant No.: R01 HS15188 (9/17/2004-8/31/2007)
Planning for a Rural Prescription Medication Network
Description:
Develops a shared electronic repository for patient-level prescription medication data that enables real-time access for patients receiving healthcare services and plans a model system design to electronically link prescription medication data across hospitals and physician practices.
Year 1 Funding: $167,781
(Estimated total funding: $167,781)
Principal Investigator: Robert Gribble
Applicant Institution: St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, WI
Grant No.: P20 HS15327 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Developing Shared EHR Infrastructure in Wisconsin
Description:
Plans the implementation of a common infrastructure for an integrated EHR and CPOE to enhance access to clinical data, develops a workable model/plan for standards-based data sharing to allow multiple providers using disparate information systems to access patient information, and creates a quality measurement and enhancement tool that would measure improvements in quality and patient care.
Year 1 Funding: $192,000
(Estimated total funding: $192,000)
Principal Investigator: Tim Size
Applicant Institution: Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Reedsburg, WI
Grant No.: P20 HS15295 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Improving Patient Safety/Quality with HIT Implementation
Description:
Implements an Epic health IT system and diffuses the system community-wide; identifies the prevalence of medication errors, near misses, and preventable adverse drug events; assesses costs and customer satisfaction both before and after implementation.
Year 1 Funding: $500,000
(Estimated total funding: $1.5M)
Principal Investigator: John Reiling
Applicant Institution: St. Joseph's Community Hospital, West Bend, WI
Grant No.: UC1 HS15284 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
CPOE Implementation in ICU's
Description:
Assesses the implementation of CPOE systems in 6 intensive care units (ICUs) and evaluates the value and outcomes of patient safety involving medication errors; quality of care; end users' job tasks, perceptions, and attitudes; and financial impact.
Year 1 Funding: $471,884
(Estimated total funding: $1,455,066)
Principal Investigator: Pascale Carayon
Applicant Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Grant No.: R01 HS15274 (9/01/2004-8/31/2007)
Boone County Community Care Network
Description:
Designs a county-wide health information system that will allow health information sharing and permit real-time order placement by hospitals, health departments, private physicians' offices, clinics, and long-term care facilities.
Year 1 Funding: $200,000
(Estimated total funding: $200,000)
Principal Investigator: Robert Atkins
Applicant Institution: Boone Memorial Hospital, Madison, WV
Grant No.: P20 HS15286 (9/30/2004-9/29/2005)
Partnering to Improve Patient Safety in Rural WV
Description:
Expands the reporting of medical errors and near misses, monitors safety event reporting, and develops a learning network among small, rural hospitals and their associated ambulatory care facilities, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies.
Year 1 Funding: $323,773
(Estimated total funding: $889,388)
Principal Investigator: Gail Bellamy
Applicant Institution: West Virginia Medical Institute, Charleston, WV
Grant No.: UC1 HS14920 (9/30/2004-9/29/2007)
For additional information on AHRQ projects on health information technology, go to www.ahrq.gov/data/infoix.htm. You may also contact the health IT staff at the Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships:
Phone: (301) 427-1500
E-mail: healthIT@ahrq.gov
Current as of October 2004
Internet Citation:
The Agency for Healthcare Research &Quality Health Information Technology Programs: State and Regional Demonstrations in Health Information Technology; Transforming Healthcare Quality Through Health Information Technology (THQIT); National Health Information Technology Resource Center (National HITRC). Fact Sheet. October 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/hitfact.htm
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