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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 7 of 7 Research Studies DisplayedTrinacty CM, LaWall E, Ashton M
Adding social determinants in the electronic health record in clinical care in Hawai'i: supporting community-clinical linkages in patient care.
Given its distinctive history, culture, and location, Hawai'i has unique social factors impacting population health. Local health systems are striving to address these issues to meet their patients' health needs. Yet the evidence on precisely how health care systems and communities may work together to achieve these goals are limited both generally and specifically in the Hawai'i context. This article described real-world efforts by 3 local health care delivery systems that integrated the identification of social needs into clinical care using the electronic health record (EHR).
AHRQ-funded; HS023185.
Citation: Trinacty CM, LaWall E, Ashton M .
Adding social determinants in the electronic health record in clinical care in Hawai'i: supporting community-clinical linkages in patient care.
Hawaii J Med Public Health 2019 Jun;78(6 Suppl 1):46-51..
Keywords: Social Determinants of Health, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Community-Based Practice, Healthcare Delivery, Vulnerable Populations
Lindau ST
CommunityRx, an e-prescribing system connecting people to community resources.
CommunityRx is an e-prescribing system that make it easier for patients in communities to connect with health resources. NowPow, LLC is an information technology enterprise that is part of CommunityRx. NowPow participated in AHRQ’s EvidenceNow grants program and worked with hundreds of small Midwestern primary care practices in the Healthy Hearts in the Heartland study. By 2018, over 1600 youths had been employed (many for the first-time) and generated annual asset census for Chicago, New York, and two rural areas of North Carolina. CommunityRx has been successful in providing health resource information to lower-income communities such as Chicago’s South Side. They also found that half of people who received a HealtheRx e-prescription use the information to help others.
AHRQ-funded; HS023921.
Citation: Lindau ST .
CommunityRx, an e-prescribing system connecting people to community resources.
Am J Public Health 2019 Apr;109(4):546-47. doi: 10.2105/ajph.2019.304986..
Keywords: Access to Care, Community-Based Practice, Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing), Evidence-Based Practice, Health Information Technology (HIT), Medication, Vulnerable Populations
Storch EA, Salloum A, King MA
A randomized controlled trial in community mental health centers of computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy versus treatment as usual for children with anxiety.
This study aimed to examine the real-world effectiveness of a computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) protocol relative to treatment as usual (TAU) among anxious children presenting at community mental health centers. It found that relative to TAU, computer-assisted CBT was associated with greater reductions in parent-rated child impairment and internalizing symptoms, but not child-rated impairment and anxiety and depressive symptoms.
AHRQ-funded; HS018665.
Citation: Storch EA, Salloum A, King MA .
A randomized controlled trial in community mental health centers of computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy versus treatment as usual for children with anxiety.
Depress Anxiety 2015 Nov;32(11):843-52. doi: 10.1002/da.22399.
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Keywords: Anxiety, Children/Adolescents, Health Information Technology (HIT), Community-Based Practice, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Taveras EM, Marshall R, Sharifi M
Connect for Health: Design of a clinical-community childhood obesity intervention testing best practices of positive outliers.
The Connect for Health study is designed to assess whether a novel approach to care delivery that leverages clinical and community resources and addresses socio-contextual factors will improve body mass index and family-centered, obesity-related outcomes of interest to parents and children. The intervention is informed by clinical, community, parent, and youth stakeholders and incorporates successful strategies and best practices learned from 'positive outlier' families.
AHRQ-funded; HS022986.
Citation: Taveras EM, Marshall R, Sharifi M .
Connect for Health: Design of a clinical-community childhood obesity intervention testing best practices of positive outliers.
Contemp Clin Trials 2015 Nov;45(Pt B):287-95. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.09.022.
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Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Obesity, Health Information Technology (HIT), Community-Based Practice, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Juckett DA, Davis FN, Gostine M
Patient-reported outcomes in a large community-based pain medicine practice: evaluation for use in phenotype modeling.
The researchers aimed to build a phenotype-to-outcome model targeting chronic pain to be used to drive clinical decision support for pain medicine in the community setting. Exploratory factor analysis of the intake Pain Health Assessment revealed 15 orthogonal factors representing pain levels; physical, social, and emotional functions; the effects of pain on these functions; vitality and health; and measures of outcomes and satisfaction.
AHRQ-funded; HS022335.
Citation: Juckett DA, Davis FN, Gostine M .
Patient-reported outcomes in a large community-based pain medicine practice: evaluation for use in phenotype modeling.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2015 May 28;15:41. doi: 10.1186/s12911-015-0164-4..
Keywords: Care Management, Chronic Conditions, Community-Based Practice, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Outcomes, Pain
Baker DW, Liss DT, Alperovitz-Bichell K
Colorectal cancer screening rates at community health centers that use electronic health records: a cross sectional study.
This study sought to validate use of electronic health record (EHR) data for measuring colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates at community health centers (CHCs). It found that at participating CHCs, CRC screening rates ranged from 9.7 percent to 67.2 percent and adherence to annual fecal occult blood tests ranged from 3.3 percent to 59.0 percent. Most screening was done by colonoscopy.
AHRQ-funded; HS021141.
Citation: Baker DW, Liss DT, Alperovitz-Bichell K .
Colorectal cancer screening rates at community health centers that use electronic health records: a cross sectional study.
J Health Care Poor Underserved 2015 May;26(2):377-90. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0030..
Keywords: Screening, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Community-Based Practice, Health Information Technology (HIT)
Salloum A, Crawford EA, Lewin AB
Consumers' and providers' perceptions of utilizing a computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety.
The purpose of this study was to explore consumers’ and providers’ perceptions of utilizing a Computer-Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) for childhood anxiety in community mental health centers (CMHC) in an effort to identify factors that may impact implementation of CCBT in CMHC. Results suggest that both consumers and providers were highly receptive to participation in and implementation of CCBT in CMHC.
AHRQ-funded; HS018665.
Citation: Salloum A, Crawford EA, Lewin AB .
Consumers' and providers' perceptions of utilizing a computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety.
Behav Cogn Psychother 2015 Jan;43(1):31-41. doi: 10.1017/s1352465813000647..
Keywords: Anxiety, Children/Adolescents, Community-Based Practice, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Experience