The Adoption Gap: Health Information Technology in Small Physician Practices. J. Lee, C. Cain, S. Young, et al., Health Affairs 24(5): September/October 2005, 1364-1366. Focuses on understanding and overcoming barriers to adoption of health information technology in small practices. (AHRQ 06-R010)
Decisionmaker Briefs. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2008, 2 pp each. Describes outcomes and best practices from AHRQ-funded projects in various topic areas.
Bar-Coded Medication Administration. (AHRQ 08-0085)
Chronic Disease Management. (AHRQ 08-0084)
Computerized Provider Order Entry. (AHRQ 08-0093)
Telehealth. (AHRQ 08-0045)
Getting to "Smart" Health Care. C. Clancy, Health Affairs 25: November 2006, w589-592. Discusses the concept of comparative effectiveness research and the role of health information technology in providing timely information about the comparative effectiveness of various health care services. (AHRQ 07-R025)
Introduction to the JGIM Special Issue on Health Information Technology. C. Clancy, J. White, Journal of General Internal Medicine 23(4): April 2008, 353-354. Provides an introduction to a special issue of the journal on the use of health IT to improve health care quality and safety. (AHRQ 08-R075)
Moving Closer to a Rapid-Learning Health Care System. J. Slutsky, Health Affairs 26(2): January 2007, w122-124. Discusses activities that are necessary for developing a rapid-learning health system—that is, a system in which we "learn while doing." (AHRQ 07-R040)
Many other publications on health IT topics—including electronic health records, electronic prescribing,
health IT in small and rural communities, health information exchange, and telehealth—can be found at
http://www.healthit.ahrq.gov.
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