The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded a $118,089 Project Grant under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) federal grant program to The General Hospital Corporation, doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). The grant will support the development and testing of a clinical decision support (CDS) tool to identify pregnant individuals at high risk for postpartum hemorrhage and...
This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program, will evaluate the impact of three Electronic Health Record (EHR) optimization interventions on primary care physician (PCP) well-being, quality of care, and care utilization. The $800,000 award to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. will fund a 5-year study assessing the effects of scribes, advanced team-based inbox messaging...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $3,470,526 to study how Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) may improve access, quality, and equity of care for low-income pregnant and postpartum Medicaid enrollees. The study will characterize Medicaid-enrolled pregnant and postpartum patients receiving care at FQHCs versus non-FQHC practices, compare quality of...
This Project Grant award of $145,139 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will support a research project conducted by the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. (KUMCRI). The project aims to develop a patient-informed, equity-focused approach to measuring and addressing healthcare disparities in primary care settings. Key...
This $399,999 Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program supports a 5-year research project conducted by Northeastern University. The project aims to better understand and address the issues of work burden, system resiliency, and burnout among community health center staff, particularly in light of increased adoption of asynchronous care technologies. Key objectives include:...
This federal Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will fund a comprehensive study on the relative value of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans versus Traditional Medicare (TM) for dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries (duals). The $398,587 award, effective August 1, 2024 through May 31, 2029, will allow The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as...
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston received a Project Grant award of $275,000 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the federal Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program. The grant aims to develop and test strategies to increase implementation of evidence-based interventions in collaboration with patient advocacy groups in the areas of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and necrotizing enterocolitis...
This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program will support research to analyze primary care providers' responses to clinical guideline updates. The grant recipient, the American Board of Family Medicine Inc. (ABFM), will leverage its comprehensive national repository of electronic health records from over 800 primary care facilities to conduct analyses on the uptake...
This $400,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program. The grant will fund a 5-year randomized trial to evaluate the impact of a "whole person" navigator intervention in improving clinical outcomes and patient-reported measures for adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) facing social barriers to care. The project aims to develop a...
This $186,728 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the National Research Service Awards Health Services Research Training program (CFDA 93.225) aims to design, implement, and evaluate a novel intervention to link people experiencing homelessness to a street medicine program upon discharge from the emergency department. The key objectives are to: (1) understand the facilitators and barriers to linkage-to-care...
The federal Project Grant award of $399,111.00 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program aims to increase postpartum primary care engagement, quality, and experience by strengthening obstetric-to-primary care coordination. The primary intervention includes default PCP visit scheduling, tailored patient nudge messages, ongoing care recommendations sent to the PCP, and a summary of recommendations given to the patient. The 5-year study led by The General Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts General Hospital) will measure the intervention's impact on postpartum primary care visit completion, high-value service use, and patient experience/mental health. Sub-awards were provided to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham & Women's Hospital to leverage their expertise in behavioral economics, primary care research, and clinical implementation. The project responds to AHRQ's interest in improving primary care coordination and addressing healthcare disparities.