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Latest Report: Improving Healthcare Through AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program Learn how digital healthcare technologies work best for patients, clinicians, and health systems. Supporting Healthcare Decisions Aligned with Patient Needs, Preferences & Values Access resources to help design, develop, and implement patient-centered clinical decision support. Guide to Integrate Patient-Generated Digital Health Data into Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care Settings Implement a successful and sustainable PGHD program. Research Spotlight The Algorithm Is In: Is Adoption of Healthcare AI Outpacing Understanding? Previous Next Previous Next About AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program’s mission is to determine how the various components of the ever-evolving digital healthcare ecosystem can best come together to positively affect healthcare delivery and create value for patients and their families. Learn More News & Events FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NOTICE OF INTENT | AHRQ intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18) BLOG | Getting Intentional About Equity: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NOTICE OF INTENT | AHRQ intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Using Innovative Digital Healthcare Solutions to Improve Quality at the Point of Care (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NOTICE OF INTENT | AHRQ intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Implementing and Evaluating Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support Strategies in Real-World Settings (U18) BLOG | AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program: 20 Years of Innovation GRANTEE PROFILE | Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D. GRANTEE PROFILE | David H. Gustafson, Ph.D. FEATURED PUBLICATION | Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care and Pulmonary Clinics: Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Electronic Health Record-Integrated Everyday Shared Decision Making Tool and Clinician-Facing Prompts. FEATURED PUBLICATION | A lifecycle framework illustrates eight stages necessary for realizing the benefits of patient-centered clinical decision support FEATURED PUBLICATION | Generalizability and portability of natural language processing system to extract individual social risk factors Latest Research Findings New measures to identify near-miss medication errors are a major advancement in patient safety and can help healthcare systems make ordering even safer. Clinical decision support that can be implemented in different types of electronic health records has the potential to scale evidence-based practice across healthcare systems. Development of a toolkit to facilitate the scale and spread of using patient-reported outcomes among rheumatoid arthritis patients fills an existing gap in national resources to provide support to rheumatologists. A shared decision-making tool to support the appropriate use of low-dose computed tomography screening has the potential to prevent 10,000 or more lung cancer deaths annually in the United States. Using the clinical decision support system Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults Discharged from the Emergency Department significantly reduces the prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications in the emergency department setting. Implementing CancelRx, an e-prescribing tool to electronically communicate medication discontinuation orders between electronic health records and pharmacies, showed an immediate and persistent reduction in prescriptions that were dispensed after discontinuation. Tools like ASPIRE that integrate fall prevention clinical decision support and patient resources may better support patient self-care and adoption of evidence-based recommendations. A mobile application designed to facilitate asthma self-management and shared decision making through patient-reported outcomes can improve care, asthma control, and knowledge, as well as decrease healthcare utilization. Previous Next Featured Resources Funded Projects Search the entire portfolio of AHRQ-funded digital healthcare research. Research Publications Search a central repository for publications resulting from AHRQ-funded digital healthcare research. Funded Projects Map Identify AHRQ-funded digital healthcare research projects by clicking on a state. Funding Opportunities Learn about the AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research funding opportunities. National Webinars View upcoming or past events discussing findings from AHRQ-funded digital healthcare research. 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