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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 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedQuinn M, Forman J, Harrod M
Electronic health records, communication, and data sharing: challenges and opportunities for improving the diagnostic process.
Diagnosis requires that clinicians communicate and share patient information in an efficient manner. Advances in electronic health records (EHRs) and health information technologies have created challenges and opportunities for such communication. In this multi-method, focused ethnographic study of physicians on general medicine inpatient units in two teaching hospitals, the investigators found that existing communication technologies and EHR-based data sharing processes were perceived as barriers to diagnosis. In particular, reliance on paging systems and lack of face-to-face communication among clinicians created obstacles to sustained thinking and discussion of diagnostic decision-making.
AHRQ-funded; HS022835; HS024385.
Citation: Quinn M, Forman J, Harrod M .
Electronic health records, communication, and data sharing: challenges and opportunities for improving the diagnostic process.
Diagnosis 2019 Aug 27;6(3):241-48. doi: 10.1515/dx-2018-0036.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Communication
Hammer MM, Kapoor N, Desai SP
Adoption of a closed-loop communication tool to establish and execute a collaborative follow-up plan for incidental pulmonary nodules.
The purpose of this study was to assess radiologists' adoption of a closed-loop communication and tracking system, Result Alert and Development of Automated Resolution (RADAR), for incidental pulmonary nodules and to measure its effect on the completeness of radiologists' follow-up recommendations. Results showed that a closed-loop communication system that enables establishing and executing a collaborative follow-up plan for incidental pulmonary nodules can be adopted and improves the quality of radiologists' follow-up recommendations.
AHRQ-funded; HS024722.
Citation: Hammer MM, Kapoor N, Desai SP .
Adoption of a closed-loop communication tool to establish and execute a collaborative follow-up plan for incidental pulmonary nodules.
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2019 May;212(5):1077-81. doi: 10.2214/ajr.18.20692..
Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Imaging, Communication
Payan DD, Florez KR, Bogart LM
Promoting health from the pulpit: a process evaluation of HIV sermons to reduce HIV stigma and promote testing in African American and Latino churches.
This study explored implementation of an HIV sermon as part of a multi-component intervention in three churches (Latino Catholic, Latino Pentecostal, and African American Baptist) in high HIV prevalence areas of Los Angeles County, California. The investigators found large variation in fidelity to communicating key HIV messages from the sermon guide. They concluded that structured training of clergy may be necessary to implement the more theoretically driven stigma reduction cues included in the sermon guide.
AHRQ-funded; HS000046.
Citation: Payan DD, Florez KR, Bogart LM .
Promoting health from the pulpit: a process evaluation of HIV sermons to reduce HIV stigma and promote testing in African American and Latino churches.
Health Commun 2019 Jan;34(1):11-20. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1384352..
Keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Social Stigma, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Health Promotion, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Communication, Prevention