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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 DisplayedWang SV, Rogers JR, Jin Y
Stepped-wedge randomised trial to evaluate population health intervention designed to increase appropriate anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Clinical guidelines recommend anticoagulation for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) at high risk of stroke; however, studies report 40% of this population is not anticoagulated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a population health intervention to increase anticoagulation use in high-risk patients with AF. The investigators concluded that algorithms to identify underuse of anticoagulation among patients with AF in healthcare databases may not capture clinical subtleties or patient preferences and may overestimate the extent of undertreatment.
AHRQ-funded; HS022193.
Citation: Wang SV, Rogers JR, Jin Y .
Stepped-wedge randomised trial to evaluate population health intervention designed to increase appropriate anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation.
BMJ Qual Saf 2019 Oct;28(10):835-42. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009367..
Keywords: Blood Thinners, Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Medication, Health Information Technology (HIT), Decision Making, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Practice Patterns, Healthcare Utilization
Durojaiye AB, Levin S, Toerper M
Evaluation of multidisciplinary collaboration in pediatric trauma care using EHR data.
This study electronic health record (EHR) data to compare usage patterns from pediatric trauma patients with minor injuries at a Level I pediatric trauma center. The data was used to compare demographics, clinical and network characteristics, and emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS). Three distinct groups were compared: fully connected, partially connected, and disconnected. The fully connected group had a decreased ED LOS compared with the partially connected group.
AHRQ-funded; HS023837.
Citation: Durojaiye AB, Levin S, Toerper M .
Evaluation of multidisciplinary collaboration in pediatric trauma care using EHR data.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2019 Jun;26(6):506-15. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocy184..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Trauma, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Emergency Department, Healthcare Utilization
Bucher BT, Shi J, Pettit RJ
Determination of marital status of patients from structured and unstructured electronic healthcare data.
This paper describes a robust method to determine the marital status of patients, which is included as a Social Determinant of Health and considered a key driver of health care utilization. A robust method to determine marital status using structured and unstructured electronic healthcare data was developed using data from a single US academic institution. A natural language processing (NLP) pipeline was developed and validated. Performance was compared against two baseline methods: a machine learning n-gram model and structured data from the electronic health record. Overall the NLP engine had excellent to superior performance compared with the other models.
AHRQ-funded; HS025776.
Citation: Bucher BT, Shi J, Pettit RJ .
Determination of marital status of patients from structured and unstructured electronic healthcare data.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2020 Mar 4;2019:267-74..
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Social Determinants of Health, Healthcare Utilization