Improving Healthcare Quality with Information Technology

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Improving Healthcare Quality with Information
Technology

• Scott Young, M.D.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• May 2004

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FY 04 Health IT Programs

• Current AHRQ initiatives
• 3 Grant Solicitations
• Health IT Resource Center
• State and Regional HIT Demonstrations
• Indian Health Service EHR Collaboration
• CMS AHRQ Collaboration

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Transforming Healthcare Qualitythrough
Information Technology (THQIT)

• Grant Solicitations
• Value 10M
• assess the value derived from the adoption,
  diffusion, and utilization of HIT
• Planning 7M
• assist healthcare systems and their partners in
  planning for activities that will lead to
  successful HIT implementation
• Implementation 24M
• support organizational and community-wide
  implementation and diffusion of HIT
• http//www.ahrq.gov/fund/grantix.htm

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THQIT Current Status

• Grant applications received April 22, 2004
• Nearly 1,000 letters of intent received
• Applications from every State

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Health IT Resource Center

• RFP recently announced
• Offer assistance grantees
• Types of assistance include
• Technical and expert
• Form collaboration
• Share lessons learned
• Future expansion (both reach and capabilities)

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State and Regional HIT Demonstrations

• Five year initiative
• Offered via contract mechanism
• Applicant must be a State government or duly
  appointed by a State government
• Awards in late summer up to five

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Accelerate the Use and Adoption of Standards and
Technology

• 10M Initiative (AHRQ and ASPE)
• Areas of focus
• Voluntary industry clinical messaging/terminology
  standards
• National standard nomenclature for
  drugs/biologics
• Comprehensive clinical terminology and
  nomenclature standards
• Conduct research regarding activities to advance
  and accelerate the adoption of interoperable IT
  technology

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Secretary ThompsonMarch 21, 2003

• In the modern era, every century has had its
• major advance that has brought medical
• science another giant step forward. . What will
  
• the major advance of the 21st century be?
• I am convinced that the medical revolution
• of our childrens lifetimes will be the
• application of information technology to
• health care.

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Future Directions

• Demonstrate the value of HIT to improve quality
  and safety in diverse clinical settings
• Build on previous investment share
  implementation lessons and best practices from
  grantees
• Expanded collaboration with public and private
  partners

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• For additional questions, please contact
• Dr. Scott Young, syoung_at_ahrq.gov