National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
Data
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- State Snapshots
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Search All Research Studies
AHRQ Research Studies Date
Topics
- Breast Feeding (1)
- Cancer (1)
- Cancer: Breast Cancer (1)
- Comparative Effectiveness (1)
- Diabetes (1)
- Diagnostic Safety and Quality (1)
- (-) Electronic Health Records (EHRs) (4)
- Health Information Technology (HIT) (2)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (1)
- Imaging (1)
- Lifestyle Changes (1)
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (1)
- Pregnancy (1)
- Prevention (2)
- Research Methodologies (1)
- (-) Women (4)
AHRQ Research Studies
Sign up: AHRQ Research Studies Email updates
Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
Results
1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedHedderson MM, Brown SD, Ehrlich SF
A tailored letter based on electronic health record data improves gestational weight gain among women with gestational diabetes mellitus: the Gestational Diabetes' Effects on Moms (GEM) cluster-randomized controlled trial.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a tailored letter improved gestational weight gain (GWG) and whether GWG mediated a multicomponent intervention's effect on postpartum weight retention among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The authors concluded that a tailored electronic health record-based letter improved GWG, which mediated the effect of a multicomponent intervention in reducing postpartum weight retention.
AHRQ-funded; HS019367.
Citation: Hedderson MM, Brown SD, Ehrlich SF .
A tailored letter based on electronic health record data improves gestational weight gain among women with gestational diabetes mellitus: the Gestational Diabetes' Effects on Moms (GEM) cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Diabetes Care 2018 Jul;41(7):1370-77. doi: 10.2337/dc17-1133..
Keywords: Diabetes, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Lifestyle Changes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Pregnancy, Women
Hoffman SR, Vines AI, Halladay JR
Optimizing research in symptomatic uterine fibroids with development of a computable phenotype for use with electronic health records.
The objective of the study was to develop an electronic health record-based algorithm to identify women with symptomatic uterine fibroids for a comparative effectiveness study of medical or surgical treatments on quality-of-life measures. The study concluded that an electronic health record-based algorithm is capable of identifying cases of symptomatic uterine fibroids with moderate positive predictive value and may be an efficient approach for large-scale study recruitment.
AHRQ-funded; HS023418.
Citation: Hoffman SR, Vines AI, Halladay JR .
Optimizing research in symptomatic uterine fibroids with development of a computable phenotype for use with electronic health records.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Jun;218(6):610.e1-10.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.02.002..
Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Research Methodologies, Women
Murphy DR, Meyer AND, Vaghani V
Electronic triggers to identify delays in follow-up of mammography: harnessing the power of big data in health care.
Because of the unique clinical, logistic, and legal aspects of mammography, this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a trigger to flag delayed follow-up on mammography. The investigators found that care delays appeared to continue despite federal laws requiring patient notification of mammographic results within 30 days. They suggest that clinical application of mammography-related triggers could help detect these delays.
AHRQ-funded; HS022901.
Citation: Murphy DR, Meyer AND, Vaghani V .
Electronic triggers to identify delays in follow-up of mammography: harnessing the power of big data in health care.
J Am Coll Radiol 2018 Feb;15(2):287-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.10.001..
Keywords: Cancer: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Imaging, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Prevention, Women
Lipira L, Kemp C, Domercant JW
The role of service readiness and health care facility factors in attrition from Option B+ in Haiti: a joint examination of electronic medical records and service provision assessment survey data.
Option B+ is a strategy wherein pregnant or breastfeeding women with HIV are enrolled in lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. This study explored service readiness and other facility factors as predictors of Option B+ attrition in Haiti. The study found that several facility-level factors were associated with Option B+ attrition.
AHRQ-funded; HS013853.
Citation: Lipira L, Kemp C, Domercant JW .
The role of service readiness and health care facility factors in attrition from Option B+ in Haiti: a joint examination of electronic medical records and service provision assessment survey data.
Int Health 2018 Jan;10(1):54-62. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihx060..
Keywords: Breast Feeding, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Prevention, Women