Projects
Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer
2008 - 2011
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: 1 R18 HS017820-01
Total award $1.2 million
PI: H. Singh
Health information technology (IT) has the potential to facilitate communication and coordination of care between several disciplines and settings that constitute ambulatory care. In cancer care, the concept of patient navigation has been proposed to minimize barriers in the movement of patients through the complex cancer care system and thereby help ensure timely diagnosis and treatment. But a key question remains: among thousands of patients, how does a health care system efficiently identify those likely to be experiencing diagnostic and treatment delays and correct those delays? This study will use IT based monitoring techniques to identify patients likely to have delays in cancer diagnosis or treatment. A cluster RCT will be used to test the effectiveness of this intervention.
Projects
- 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
- Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer
- AHRQ Training Program in Patient Safety and Quality: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Safety
- Using Electronic Records to Detect and Learn from Ambulatory Diagnostic Errors
- Improving Teamwork for Neonatal Resuscitation: A Randomized Trial of Simulated Neonatal Resuscitation Training With and Without Team Training
- Crossing an Invisible Quality Chasm: From NICU To Ambulatory Care
- Developing a Composite Indicator to Measure the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care
- Reducing Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in Cancer: Lessons from Aviation
- Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
- The Pebble Project
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