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Posters Displayed at the 26th
Annual Research Meeting of AcademyHealth held June
28-30 in Chicago.
Seven posters were presented in
three different areas, including: 1) Health
Information Technology, 2) Consumer Choices in
Health Care, and 3) Measuring Quality and
Efficiency. All of the posters presented
successfully engaged other research scientist in
conversations that will indeed help to improve our
efforts in research in these areas.
Health Information Technology
Posters
Consumer Choices in Health Care
Posters
Measuring Quality and Efficiency
Posters
First Baseline Study of the State of Patient Safety
in Nebraska Pharmacy Published
The Nebraska State Board of Pharmacy created a
grant opportunity with a mission to improve patient
safety in pharmacy practice, in honor of Mr. Dyke
Anderson, dedicated professional to pharmacists and
their patients. The project entitled, “Pharmacists
for Patient Safety”, led by the Center for Health
Services Research and Patient Safety (CHRP) in the School of
Pharmacy and Health Professions at Creighton
University was funded. The first phase of the
project is now complete – a baseline study of
patient safety issues Nebraska pharmacists and their
patients face across the spectrum of practice and
geographic settings. The 2,195 Nebraska pharmacists
were invited to participate. The study summarizes
and describes errors and risks pharmacists have
encountered and also those encountered by their
patients. They voluntarily shared their stories and
experiences about system problems and errors, near
misses, and risks in practice related to medication
therapy management, new therapies and technologies
(bar code medication administration, e-prescribing,
electronic and personal health records, decision
support systems, and others). The next phase will
use this evidence to develop a system to assist
pharmacists in identifying possible practice
improvements, strategies, or areas of action. This
first comprehensive report, “State of Patient Safety
in Nebraska Pharmacy – December 2008” may be
downloaded from the Report section of this website.
<December 2008>
Electronic Health Records in South Dakota
A
study of the state of South Dakota was conducted by
the Center for Health Services Research and Patient
Safety (CHRP)
in cooperation with the South Dakota State Medical
Association to determine the status of electronic
medical record (EMR) adoption in physician
office-based practices within the state of South
Dakota. See the baseline findings as of May 2008 in
this report.
<June 2008>
Paramedic Critical
Care Survey
Creighton University conducted a
survey to assess the practices and status of critical care
transportation in the United States. This project was
led by William Raynovich Ed.D., MPH, NREMTP, Assistant
Professor and Director Emergency Medical Services Program.
For additional information, please contact him directly at
(402) 280-1285 or via email at billr@creighton.edu.
Nebraska Health Information
Technology Report
The Center for Health Services Research
and Patient Safety (CHRP) has compiled a report entitled, Status of
Health Information Technology in Nebraska: Focus on
Electronic Health Records in Physician Offices
describing the status of electronic health record adoption
in physician offices in Nebraska along with other related
implications for health information technology.
This report was developed as part of a
project sponsored by the grant “Enhancing Clinical Practices
through the Adoption of Health Information Technology in
Nebraska” from the Nebraska Medical Association/Foundation,
and in part by grant no. 1P20 HS015816 Galt, K.A., (PI)
Building Research Infrastructure Capacity from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The purpose of the project is to
improve patient safety and enhance quality and efficiency
within the health care system.
The project will help physician
practices:
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Evaluate
their readiness to adopt an EHR;
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Evaluate their current workflow and
business processes to identify opportunities to improve
these areas for a more successful transition to an
electronically based system; and
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Learn more about health information
technologies (HITs) that enhance systems of medical
care.
<March 2008>
AHRQ Project Officer Visited Creighton University
about BRIC Funding
The Building Research
Infrastructure Capacity (BRIC) team hosted a Health
Sciences Retreat Wednesday, November 14 and Thursday,
November 15. We welcomed Dr. Kay Anderson from Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as our guest at this
retreat. She accepted our invitation to visit and assist us
with evaluating our progress in developing infrastructure
and capacity to sustain an effort in health services
research on our campus.
Dr. Kay Anderson
received her Ph.D. in Health Education at the University of
Maryland, College Park and has been a Federal employee
within the Department of Health and Human Services for 18
years. Her first several years were spent at the National
Center for Health Statistics where she did survey
development and health behaviors research. She then spent
time as Acting Director of Research in the Office of
Research on Women's Health at NIH. For the past seven
years, she has served as a Program Official at the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Anderson manages a
large portion the Agency's career training portfolio and has
overseen the Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity
BRIC) Program since its inception in 2001.
Dr. Kay Anderson
Presentations:
Dr.
Kay Anderson, AHRQ
Drs. Steven Fleming and Margaret Love, University of
Kentucky
Dr. John Creswell, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Members of the BRIC team
Mixed-Methods
Workshop
On September 27, 2007,
Creighton University Grants Administration and the Center
for Health Services Research and Patient Safety (CHRP) co-sponsored a
successful Mixed Methods Research Workshop for Creighton
faculty.
Electronic Health
Records in Nebraska
A study of the state of Nebraska being
conducted by the Nebraska Medical Association with the
support of the Center for Health Services Research and
Patient Safety is in
progress to describe the state of electronic medical record
(EMR) adoption in physician office-based practices within
the state of Nebraska. See the baseline findings as of
May 2007 in this report.
May
2007
BRIC Researchers Support the
Heath Information Security and Privacy Committee (HISPC)
State of Nebraska
In 2004, the President of the United States
issued Executive Order 13335 to promote health information
technology nationwide, to improve efficiency, reduce medical
errors, improve quality of care, and provide better
information exchange for patients and physicians.
The
Lieutenant Governor for the State of Nebraska formed the
Health Information Security and Privacy Committee (HISPC) in
2006. The vision driving the HISPC is to create the
flexibility to electronically exchange patient authorized
health care information, confidentially and securely between
the patient/client and all appropriate persons involved in
the health care process. Faculty scientists who are involved
in the BRIC grant, Andjela Drincic MD, Amy Abbott RN MS, James D.
Bramble PhD MPH, Karen Paschal PT DPT MS, Kim Galt PharmD, Mark Siracuse
PharmD PhD, and Ann Rule, PharmD have been involved in
mixed methods research to inform the HISPC Committee about security
and privacy issues and health information interoperability
in the state. The research reports are planned
for completion by mid April 2007.
Report 1:
Survey of
Health/Licensure/Certification and Facilities Oversight
Board Managers
Report 2: Survey of Health Professions
Organizations Leadership
Report 3: Study of Consumer View Points on Health
Information, Security, and Privacy
Final Report:
Security and
Privacy Barriers to Health Information Interoperability
Recommendations Summary
Health Services Research Program Receives Federal BRIC-AHRQ Grant
Award
The Center for Health Services Research and Patient
Safety (CHRP) has
been awarded $499,979 for its Building Research
Infrastructure Capacity (BRIC) program funded through the
federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Kimberly Galt, CHRP Director and Associate Dean for
Research and Professor of Pharmacy Practice, is the
principal investigator of the two-year grant. The BRIC
program is a merit-based, peer-reviewed program in response
to Congressional intent to broaden geographic distribution
of health services research funding among institutions
located in states in which the collective success rate for
applications to the AHRQ have historically been low. The
health services research grant will help Creighton
University achieve and sustain long-term competitive funding
while improving capacity and support for the research
faculty as well as developing processes that support forming
and maintaining interdisciplinary research teams and support
timely dissemination of research products generated through
the conduct of health services research. The emphasis will
be on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology.
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