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Research on health informatics at 凯撒永久医疗机构华盛顿 focuses on developing and using health information technology (IT) to transform health care delivery. By testing new paradigms of care that provide more opportunities to engage patients, this research is supplying valuable evidence that is helping shape federal policy and guiding innovative redesign of health care.

“We’re working to understand how to make health IT practical so patients and care teams find it useful and engaging,” explained 2022世界杯下注网站健康世界杯下注网站所 (KPWHRI) 高级调查员 James 拉尔斯顿，马里兰州，公共卫生硕士. “We want to find ways to use information technologies to support patients and providers together, 办公室内外都有.”

Integral to this support is designing technologies that are user-friendly and meet the needs of both patients and providers. 通过应用以人为本的方法，关注需求, use, 和可用性, KPWHRI researchers inform the design of health IT with direct participation from users.

Groundbreaking methodological work by KPWHRI health informatics researchers includes developing natural language processing (NLP) to analyze text such as notes and written reports in electronic health records (EHRs). 助理调查员大卫·卡雷尔, PhD, leads in the area of using NLP and machine learning to identify patient phenotypes, or specific health characteristics such as possible heart disease, 阿片类药物过量的风险, 或者结肠癌的迹象. This information can assist researchers in studying how genetics and other factors influence disease.

Other examples of KPWHRI health informatics research include projects using EHRs and secure electronic communications such as:

• using a patient-shared EHR to improve care for chronic illnesses such as depression, diabetes, 高血压, 心脏病;
• 理解OpenNotes等技术的影响, which gives patients access to notes that their doctors write during office visits;
• understanding and addressing differences in patient use of online health care services that could lead to disparities in care;
• 测试NLP to target mentions of specific words and phrases in EHRs to supplement or replace skilled chart abstraction—providing faster access to “big data” and actionable information about patients who may need follow up.

Examples of KPWHRI research in mobile health (mHealth) and user-centered design include:

• 评估移动健康智能手机工具:1)到 改善初级保健 酒精使用障碍2)支持患者 在减肥手术之后3)改变吸烟行为;
• the VITAL and Seeing Priorities studies to apply user-centered processes to learn how health care providers can elicit and honor what is most important to patients living with multiple chronic health conditions;
• the 提醒项目 applying user-centered methods to redesign clinical reminders and notifications for patients with chronic and preventive health care needs;
• 具有里程碑意义的电子通讯及血压(eBP) study of home blood pressure monitoring and web-based care to increase 高血压 control without office visits.

“Our studies on using health IT to improve care are showing that we can achieve better outcomes when we shift care from the doctor’s office to where people live: in their homes—and online,高级调查员Beverly B. 格林，医学博士，公共卫生硕士.