OMB approves
this package with the agencys concurrence that this work is a
developmental and hypothesis generating study rather than one
designed to test hypothesis about the value of such a program. The
study design will not allow for drawing conclusions about
population subgroups (e.g., those defined by age, gender, disease,
and socioeconomic status).
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2010
24 Months From Approved
7,804
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1,895
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AHRQ proposes to evaluate how the
implementation of a secure email messaging (e-messaging) system
between clinicians and adolescent patients affects: (1) time spent
by providers communicating with patients, (2) Emergency Department
utilization for medication refills, and (3) qualitative
satisfaction with care of the patients. The study will be conducted
in the Yale University School of Medicine Pediatric Respiratory
Medicine Clinic.
US Code:
42
USC 299 Name of Law: Healthcare Research and Quality Act of
1999
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