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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 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedLowry C, Orr K, Embry B
Primary care scribes: writing a new story for safety net clinics.
The researchers conducted an evaluation of trained volunteer scribes for primary care clinics serving a diverse, low-income population in a US safety net system, which implemented a new EHR between 2011 and 2014. In a safety net primary care system, trained volunteer scribes were associated with improved clinician efficiency and experience and no difference in patient satisfaction.
AHRQ-funded; HS022561; HS023558.
Citation: Lowry C, Orr K, Embry B .
Primary care scribes: writing a new story for safety net clinics.
BMJ Open Qual 2017 Oct 25;6(2):e000124. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000124.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Patient Experience, Primary Care, Health Information Technology (HIT), Workflow
Bailey SR, Heintzman JD, Marino M
Smoking-cessation assistance: before and after stage 1 meaningful use implementation.
This study examined whether smoking status assessment, cessation assistance, and odds of being a current smoker changed after Stage 1 Meaningful Use (MU) implementation. Its findings suggest that incentives for MU of electronic health records increase the odds of smoking assessment and cessation assistance, which could lead to decreased smoking rates among vulnerable populations.
AHRQ-funded; HS021522.
Citation: Bailey SR, Heintzman JD, Marino M .
Smoking-cessation assistance: before and after stage 1 meaningful use implementation.
Am J Prev Med 2017 Aug;53(2):192-200. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.02.006.
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Keywords: Behavioral Health, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Healthcare Delivery, Primary Care, Tobacco Use
Tai-Seale M, Olson CW, Li J
Electronic health record logs indicate that physicians split time evenly between seeing patients and desktop medicine.
The researchers used data on physicians' time allocation patterns captured by over thirty-one million EHR transactions in the period 2011-14 recorded by 471 primary care physicians, who collectively worked on 765,129 patients' EHRs. Their results suggest that the physicians logged an average of 3.08 hours on office visits and 3.17 hours on desktop medicine each day.
AHRQ-funded; HS019167.
Citation: Tai-Seale M, Olson CW, Li J .
Electronic health record logs indicate that physicians split time evenly between seeing patients and desktop medicine.
Health Aff 2017 Apr;36(4):655-62. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0811.
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Keywords: Clinician-Patient Communication, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Primary Care, Practice Patterns
Federman AD, Sanchez-Munoz A, Jandorf L
Patient and clinician perspectives on the outpatient after-visit summary: a qualitative study to inform improvements in visit summary design.
The researchers explored patients' and clinicians' perspectives on electronic health record (EHR)-generated outpatient after-visit summaries (AVSs) to inform efforts to maximize the document's utility. They learned that core themes included the use and purpose of the AVS, content modification and prioritization, formatting improvements, customization, privacy and accuracy concerns, and clinician workflow concerns.
AHRQ-funded; HS023844.
Citation: Federman AD, Sanchez-Munoz A, Jandorf L .
Patient and clinician perspectives on the outpatient after-visit summary: a qualitative study to inform improvements in visit summary design.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2017 Apr;24(e1):e61-e68. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw106.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Primary Care, Clinician-Patient Communication, Education: Patient and Caregiver
Haas JS, Baer HJ, Eibensteiner K
A cluster randomized trial of a personalized multi-condition risk assessment in primary care.
This study evaluated whether collection of risk factors to generate electronic health record (EHR)-linked health risk appraisal (HRA) for coronary heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer was associated with improved patient-provider communication, risk assessment, and plans for breast cancer screening. It concluded that patient-reported risk factors and EHR-linked multi-condition HRAs in primary care can modestly improve communication and promote accuracy of self-perceived risk.
AHRQ-funded; HS018644.
Citation: Haas JS, Baer HJ, Eibensteiner K .
A cluster randomized trial of a personalized multi-condition risk assessment in primary care.
Am J Prev Med 2017 Jan;52(1):100-05. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.07.013.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Primary Care, Clinician-Patient Communication, Risk