Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, High Quality Data, Improving Population Health, Increased Access
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program The CDC estimates that more than 16,500 people die each year from overdoses involving prescription painkillers. Drug overdoses recently surpassed car crashes as a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States. Read the...
Feb 2, 2018 | Creating a Learning Health System, High Quality Data, Improving the Patient Experience, Increased Access
The Pathway to Patient Data Ownership and Better Health Patients are becoming more active in their own healthcare. Researchers are looking at what systems need to be created to capture patient-generated data and how it could be interoperable with clinical data to...
Feb 2, 2018 | Enhancing Rural Health, High Quality Data, Improving Population Health, Increased Access
MITRE and Partners Closing Gaps in Rural Health Patients and doctors in rural locations face unique challenges. A cross-disciplinary MITRE team is conducting research to develop an innovative framework for rural health care and find solutions for rural areas. Read...
Feb 2, 2018 | Advancing Health Through Interoperability, Creating a Learning Health System, High Quality Data, Increased Access
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – CDS Connect Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Connect is a project to demonstrate how evidence-based care can be more rapidly incorporated into clinical practice through interoperable decision support. The CDS...
Feb 2, 2018 | Advancing Health Through Interoperability, Combating the Opioid Epidemic, Creating a Learning Health System, High Quality Data, Improving Population Health, Improving the Patient Experience, Increased Access
Creating a Learning Health System Download PDF How Standard Health Records (SHRs) May Hold the Key to Dramatically Better Patient Outcomes By Andre C. Quina What does cancer have in common with opioid addiction, heart disease, and diabetes? Unfortunately,...
Feb 2, 2018 | Advancing Health Through Interoperability, Creating a Learning Health System, High Quality Data, Improving the Patient Experience, Increased Access
“Synthea” Synthetic Patient Population Symulator SyntheticMass contains realistic but fictional residents of the state of Massachusetts. The synthetic population aims to statistically mirror the real population in terms of demographics, disease burden,...
