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Rural Hospital Collaborative for Excellence Using IT
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Rural Hospital Collaborative for Excellence Using IT
PI: David Ballard
Funding Organization: AHRQ
Project Start: September 30, 2004
Project End: September 29, 2007
 
Quality improvement and patient safety in healthcare systems can be achieved only if information technology and standards of care are implemented in hospitals, clinics, and doctors' offices. Implementation of information technology has not been achieved in most rural and small community hospitals. Furthermore, the impact of mandated implementation of quality measures has not yet been felt by practicing physicians, especially those in rural areas. Unless rural healthcare facilities can implement both of these innovations, they are likely to be driven out of business, leaving millions of patients without access to even acute care. The objective of this project is to implement advanced Information Technology and standards of care in rural and small community hospitals throughout the state of Texas to increase patient safety and quality of care. The Baylor Health Care System will support the following Specific Aims: (1) implement technology with an enriching educational Intervention to support a committed patient safety and quality culture; (2) conduct a randomized trial to evaluate technology and the incremental effects of an educational intervention on patient safety and quality. This collaboration is particularly well-suited to conduct this project because the partners include the Palo Pinto General Hospital as the applicant on behalf of a network of rural facilities, the Rural and Community Health Institute of Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, the Dallas/Fort Worth Council of Hospital Data Initiative, the Baylor Health Care System, and the Texas Medical Foundation. This project is significant because we expect to implement advanced Information Technology in rural and small community hospitals and to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention to accomplish this implementation.