Form #1 Form #1 Introduction for Orientation Meeting

AHRQ Contract No. HHSA 290-2010-00024i, Task Order No. 4
RTI, International (prime)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (sub)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ)
 3-year study of health IT and workflow
 Conducted by:


 Jonathan Wald, MD, MPH – project director
▪ RTI, International
 Neeraja Peterson, MD, MPH – site project director
▪ Vanderbilt University Medical Center (subcontract)

Qualitative mixed-methods study of 6 clinics
using health IT as part of practice redesign
 In each clinic:


 Direct observation
 Individual interviews (6 staff and 8 patients)
 Brief surveys (of interviewed staff and patients)
 Collection of “artifacts”



Duration: 12 months
 2 (or 3) observation periods for each clinic at

time=0, (time=6mo,) time=12mo

Observe provider and staff activities related
to care coordination, including use of health
IT
 Observe patient activities related to care
coordination, including their impressions of
practice use of health IT


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With your consent and permission:
 We will observe
 We will interview individually (some staff, some

patients)
 We will invite interviewed individuals to complete
short surveys
 We will do this up to 3 times:
▪ Late Spring 2013 (all 6 clinics)
▪ Late Winter 2013 (4 of the clinics)
▪ Early Spring 2014 (all 6 clinics)

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Laurie Novak, PhD (contact for sites)
 [email protected]



Neeraja Peterson, MD, MPH (site project
director)
 [email protected]



Jonathan Wald, MD, MPH (project director)
 [email protected]