About this Report
This Year in Review report summarizes the research activities and outcomes funded by the AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research Program in 2019. The objective of the report is to support AHRQ stakeholders, including clinicians, health systems, policymakers, researchers, and patients to:
- Learn about the goals of research funded by the Digital Healthcare Research Program.
- Discover the innovative health technologies developed and tested by AHRQ-funded researchers, including new and emerging research funded in 2019.
- Understand how the Digital Healthcare Research Program improves healthcare quality and safety at the patient, provider, and health systems levels.
- Access knowledge and products disseminated by AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare-funded researchers to enhance knowledge transfer and the replication of successful strategies that improve patient safety and healthcare quality.
Research Summary
The Digital Healthcare Research Program funds research to create actionable findings around “what and how health information technology works best” for its key stakeholders: patients, clinicians, and health systems working to improve healthcare quality and safety.
The Research Summary outlines the innovative health services research completed in 2019 and highlights the impact the research has on improving patient-centered care, supporting clinicians and other healthcare professionals in providing health services, and sharing health information across technologies and healthcare environments to leverage data and technology to strengthen health systems.
Research Spotlights
The Research Spotlights highlight some of the most the impactful work funded by the AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research Program: scaling and disseminating evidence-based interoperable clinical decision support and advancing the use of patient-reported outcomes, both of which significantly impact and improve quality of care.
Research Dissemination
The Digital Healthcare Research Program-funded researchers share and disseminate their research findings in many ways, including publishing in peer-reviewed journals and presenting at health- and IT-focused conferences and AHRQ web conferences.
