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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 12 of 12 Research Studies DisplayedTurner AM, Osterhage KP, Taylor JO, et al.
A closer look at health information seeking by older adults and involved family and friends: design considerations for health information technologies.
Older adults are the largest consumers of healthcare. As part of a broader study of personal health information management (PHIM), the investigators interviewed older adults in King County, Washington, and their involved family and friends (FF), regarding health information (HI) sources they seek and utilize. The authors indicated that design considerations include: facilitating access to quality provider-vetted HI, incorporating older adults and FF in the design process, and creating shared spaces for communication of HI among older adults, FF, and providers.
AHRQ-funded; HS022106.
Citation: Turner AM, Osterhage KP, Taylor JO, et al..
A closer look at health information seeking by older adults and involved family and friends: design considerations for health information technologies.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2018 Dec 5;2018:1036-45..
Keywords: Elderly, Health Information Technology (HIT), Caregiving, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Literacy
Ancker JS, Stabile C, Carter J
Informing, reassuring, or alarming? Balancing patient needs in the development of a postsurgical symptom reporting system in cancer.
After ambulatory surgeries, patients who recover at home have multiple questions about wound healing, symptoms and medication side effects, and recovery expectations. In this study, the investigators conducted user testing and rapid application development of a symptom reporting system that supports home-based recovery by inviting patients to self-report symptoms in the days after surgery and receive an immediate feedback report giving context for their reported symptoms.
AHRQ-funded; HS021531.
Citation: Ancker JS, Stabile C, Carter J .
Informing, reassuring, or alarming? Balancing patient needs in the development of a postsurgical symptom reporting system in cancer.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2018 Dec 5;2018:166-74..
Keywords: Adverse Events, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Cancer, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Safety, Surgery
Millenson ML, Baldwin JL, Zipperer L
Beyond Dr. Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis.
Direct-to-consumer (DTC), interactive, diagnostic apps with information personalization capabilities beyond those of static search engines are rapidly proliferating. Little is known about the state of the evidence on the performance of these apps or the methods used to evaluate them. In this paper, the authors conducted a scoping review of the peer-reviewed and gray literature for the period January 1, 2014-June 30, 2017 to examine the current evidence base on DTC, interactive diagnostic apps.
AHRQ-funded; HS022087.
Citation: Millenson ML, Baldwin JL, Zipperer L .
Beyond Dr. Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis.
Diagnosis 2018 Sep 25;5(3):95-105. doi: 10.1515/dx-2018-0009..
Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Information Technology (HIT), Web-Based
Abutaleb A, Buchwald A, Chudy-Onwugaje K
Inflammatory bowel disease telemedicine clinical trial: impact of educational text messages on disease-specific knowledge over 1 year.
The authors aimed to determine if delivery of educational messages through a telemedicine system improves inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) knowledge. They found that, although telemedicine improves IBD-specific knowledge through text messaging, telemedicine is not superior to education given through standard visits at referral centers.
AHRQ-funded; HS018975.
Citation: Abutaleb A, Buchwald A, Chudy-Onwugaje K .
Inflammatory bowel disease telemedicine clinical trial: impact of educational text messages on disease-specific knowledge over 1 year.
Inflamm Bowel Dis 2018 Sep 15;24(10):2191-97. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy149..
Keywords: Telehealth, Health Information Technology (HIT), Digestive Disease and Health, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Literacy, Quality of Life
Winkler SL, Kairalla JA, Cooper R
Comparison of functional benefits of self-management training for amputees under virtual world and e-learning conditions.
This project used a randomized design to compare two methods of disseminating an evidence-based self-management intervention for amputees, which included, avatar-based virtual world and e-learning environments. The investigators found that the virtual world group had a significantly higher dropout rate than the e-learning group.
AHRQ-funded; HS022021.
Citation: Winkler SL, Kairalla JA, Cooper R .
Comparison of functional benefits of self-management training for amputees under virtual world and e-learning conditions.
Journal of Alternative Medicine Research 2018;10(1):65-72..
Keywords: Communication, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Evidence-Based Practice, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Self-Management, Training
Pandolfe F, Wright A, Slack WV
Rethinking the outpatient medication list: increasing patient activation and education while architecting for centralization and improved medication reconciliation.
The purpose of this study was to identify barriers impacting the time consuming and error fraught process of medication reconciliation and to design and implement an electronic medication management system where patient and trusted healthcare proxies can participate in establishing and maintaining an inclusive and up-to-date list of medications.
AHRQ-funded; HS021495.
Citation: Pandolfe F, Wright A, Slack WV .
Rethinking the outpatient medication list: increasing patient activation and education while architecting for centralization and improved medication reconciliation.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2018 Aug;25(8):1047-53. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocy047..
Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Information Technology (HIT), Medication, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Patient and Family Engagement
Bush RA, Richardson AC, Cardona-Grau D
Patient portal usage in pediatric urology: is it meaningful use for everyone?
This study examined pediatric urology patient portal enrollment and activation patterns at a tertiary pediatric hospital in Southern California by race/ethnicity, preferred language, gender, and residential region. The study concluded that primary language and socioeconomic factors may be significant barriers to portal adoption. Patient education to reduce these barriers may increase portal acceptance and increase meaningfulness to the portal for patients/parents and providers.
AHRQ-funded; HS022404.
Citation: Bush RA, Richardson AC, Cardona-Grau D .
Patient portal usage in pediatric urology: is it meaningful use for everyone?
Urol Pract 2018 Jul;5(4):279-85. doi: 10.1016/j.urpr.2017.05.002..
Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient and Family Engagement, Web-Based
Mogul DB, Henderson ML, Bridges JFP
Expanding the Facebook platform to engage and educate online communities.
This article discusses the development and use of a mobile application (app) called Liver Space that was developed through Facebook’s platform. This app is for the pediatric liver community including patients and caregivers. Unlike most Facebook health groups, this one is vetted by healthcare providers who are specialists. The app provides up-to-date information and includes emerging news, summaries from important scholarly journals and human interest stories. There is an “ask an expert” function incorporated into Liver Space. Also included in the app is the ability for users to track their labs and weight and to graph the data.
AHRQ-funded; HS023876.
Citation: Mogul DB, Henderson ML, Bridges JFP .
Expanding the Facebook platform to engage and educate online communities.
Am J Gastroenterol 2018 Apr;113(4):457-58. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2017.450..
Keywords: Social Media, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Clinician-Patient Communication, Communication, Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient and Family Engagement, Patient Self-Management
Harris VC, Links AR, Hong P
Consulting Dr. Google: quality of online resources about tympanostomy tube placement.
The authors of this study evaluate the quality of leading Internet resources describing tympanostomy tube (TT) placement. They concluded that Internet resources about TT placement varied in quality pertaining to health literacy, principles of shared decision making, and consistency with practice guidelines.
AHRQ-funded; HS022932.
Citation: Harris VC, Links AR, Hong P .
Consulting Dr. Google: quality of online resources about tympanostomy tube placement.
Laryngoscope 2018 Feb;128(2):496-501. doi: 10.1002/lary.26824..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Information Technology (HIT), Health Literacy, Web-Based
Klann JG, Buck MD, Brown J
Query Health: standards-based, cross-platform population health surveillance.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Query Health Initiative is a collaboration to develop a national architecture for distributed, population-level health queries across diverse clinical systems with disparate data models. The authors review Query Health activities, including a standards-based methodology, an open-source reference implementation, and three pilot projects.
AHRQ-funded; HS019912.
Citation: Klann JG, Buck MD, Brown J .
Query Health: standards-based, cross-platform population health surveillance.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Jul-Aug;21(4):650-6. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002707..
Keywords: Public Health, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Health Information Technology (HIT)
Longo DR, Woolf HS
Rethinking the information priorities of patients.
Efforts have intensified to provide consumers with online data tools and consumer reports that offer profiles and statistics for evaluating specialists, hospitals, and other clinical facilities. In this article, the authors examine two key questions: what should these resources look like and do patients really want them?
AHRQ-funded; HS021902
Citation: Longo DR, Woolf HS .
Rethinking the information priorities of patients.
JAMA. 2014 May 14;311(18):1857-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.3038..
Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Decision Making, Quality of Care, Health Information Technology (HIT), Web-Based
Del Fiol G, Workman TE, Gorman PN
Clinical questions raised by clinicians at the point of care: a systematic review.
The researchers conducted a systematic review of studies examining the questions that clinicians raise in the context of patient care decisionmaking. They concluded that clinicians frequently raise questions about patient care in their practice. Although they are effective at finding answers to questions they pursue, roughly half of the questions are never pursued.
AHRQ-funded; HS018352.
Citation: Del Fiol G, Workman TE, Gorman PN .
Clinical questions raised by clinicians at the point of care: a systematic review.
JAMA Intern Med. 2014 May;174(5):710-8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.368..
Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Decision Making, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practice Patterns