Projects
Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center
2009-2013
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology: Grant #90RC006401 to support the Texas Gulfcoast HITECH Regional Extension Center
Total award $15.3 million
PI: Kim Dunn
Co-Investigators: Dean Sittig
Project Description
UT Health School of Biomedical Informatics was recently awarded $15.3 million to establish the Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center (GCREC). The GCREC will establish a comprehensive program for southeast Texas in collaboration with statewide physician, nursing, vendor, and hospital leaders. Dr. Sittig will lead the Meaningful Use and Vendor Quality Management portion of the project.
Progress and Outcomes
The Texas GulfCoast HIT Extension Center has enrolled over 700 physicians who are on their way toward obtaining meaningful use.
Relevant Publications
Sittig DF, Joe JC. Toward a Statewide Health Information Technology Center (Abbreviated Version). South Med J. 2010 Nov;103(11):1111-4. pubmed PDF
Projects
- The Texas Disclosure and Compensation Study: Best Practices for Improving Safety
- National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare
- Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center
- Improving the Safety and Quality of Pediatric Health Care
- Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Members of Internet Health Communities
- Optimizing Nutrition in Very Low Birth Weight Patients with Prolonged Transition to Full Enteral Feedings
- Clinical Decision Support in Community Hospitals: Barriers and Facilitators
- University of Texas System Patient Safety Activities
- AHRQ Training Program in Patient Safety and Quality: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Safety
- Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer
- Using Electronic Records to Detect and Learn from Ambulatory Diagnostic Errors
- Crossing an Invisible Quality Chasm: From NICU To Ambulatory Care
- Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
- Developing a Composite Indicator to Measure the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care
- Reducing Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in Cancer: Lessons from Aviation
- The Pebble Project
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