AHRQ's Health IT Lessons Online
Officials at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality are putting out some of the lessons learned from their health information technology projects. The information is available on the ARHQ Web site—
The Web site includes some of the early lessons from AHRQ-funded projects in a range of settings including health plans, hospitals, and small practices. The site also features links to more than 5,000 health IT resources, an evaluation tool kit to help implement health IT projects, and funding information.
“Adoption of health IT will be too slow if providers have to reinvent the wheel one by one,” AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy said in a statement. “This shared learning tool brings the lessons of experience together in one place, so we can help providers avoid problems and achieve greater benefits when they make their move to health IT.”