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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 DisplayedThompson HM
Stakeholder experiences with gender identity data capture in electronic health records: implementation effectiveness and a visibility paradox.
Advocates have endorsed transgender visibility via gender identity (GI) data capture with the advent of the Affordable Care Act and electronic health record (EHR) requirements. Visibility in data in order to enumerate a population contrasts with ways in which other LGBT and public health scholars have deployed these concepts. This article aims to assess the effectiveness of GI data capture in EHRs and implications for trans health care quality improvements and research.
AHRQ-funded; HS026385.
Citation: Thompson HM .
Stakeholder experiences with gender identity data capture in electronic health records: implementation effectiveness and a visibility paradox.
Health Educ Behav 2021 Feb;48(1):93-101. doi: 10.1177/1090198120963102.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Health Services Research (HSR), Vulnerable Populations, Sex Factors
Ratanawongsa N, Chan LL, Fouts MM
The challenges of electronic health records and diabetes electronic prescribing: implications for safety net care for diverse populations.
This review highlights how the EHR electronic prescribing transformation has affected diabetes care for vulnerable patients and offers recommendations for improving patient safety through EHR electronic prescribing design, implementation, policy, and research. Specifically, it presents evidence for the adoption of RxNorm and standardized naming and picklist options for high alert medications such as insulin.
AHRQ-funded; HS022561; HS023558.
Citation: Ratanawongsa N, Chan LL, Fouts MM .
The challenges of electronic health records and diabetes electronic prescribing: implications for safety net care for diverse populations.
J Diabetes Res 2017;2017:8983237. doi: 10.1155/2017/8983237.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Vulnerable Populations, Diabetes, Patient Safety, Chronic Conditions
Sadasivaiah S, Smith DE, Goldman S
Improving best possible medication history with vulnerable patients at an urban safety net academic hospital using pharmacy technicians.
A multidisciplinary team designed an EHR-facilitated medication reconciliation program by which pharmacy technicians engaged newly admitted patients and their caregivers at the bedside to develop and electronically document the best possible medication history (BPMH). They found that, by optimizing not only the health information technology platform but also the operational processes, the program achieved a nearly 80 percent generation of BPMH completed by a highly trained pharmacy technician.
AHRQ-funded; HS022561; HS023558.
Citation: Sadasivaiah S, Smith DE, Goldman S .
Improving best possible medication history with vulnerable patients at an urban safety net academic hospital using pharmacy technicians.
BMJ Open Qual 2017 Oct 21;6(2):e000102. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000102.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Medication, Patient Safety, Urban Health, Vulnerable Populations
Kruse GR, Hays H, Orav EJ
Meaningful use of the Indian Health Service electronic health record.
This study sought to understand the use of electronic health record (EHR) functionalities by physicians practicing in an underserved setting. Physicians routinely used a median 7 of 10 EHR functionalities targeted by the Meaningful Use program, but only 5 percent used all 10. Most (63 percent) felt the EHR improved quality of care. Many (76 percent) reported increased documentation time and poorer quality patient-physician interactions (45 percent).
AHRQ-funded; 290200900023I.
Citation: Kruse GR, Hays H, Orav EJ .
Meaningful use of the Indian Health Service electronic health record.
Health Serv Res 2017 Aug;52(4):1349-63. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12531.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Provider: Health Personnel, Practice Patterns, Vulnerable Populations
Tieu L, Schillinger D, Sarkar U
Online patient websites for electronic health record access among vulnerable populations: portals to nowhere?
The objective of this study was to examine specific usability barriers to patient portal engagement among a diverse group of patients and caregivers. In navigating the portal, participants experienced basic computer barriers (eg, difficulty using a mouse), routine computer barriers (eg, mistyping, navigation issues), reading/writing barriers, and medical content barriers.
AHRQ-funded; HS022408; HS022561.
Citation: Tieu L, Schillinger D, Sarkar U .
Online patient websites for electronic health record access among vulnerable populations: portals to nowhere?
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2017 Apr 1;24(e1):e47-e54. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw098.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Health Literacy, Vulnerable Populations, Web-Based