This is a presentation I gave at the 2007 AMIA Spring Congress. The presentation focuses on innovative projects in the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio focused on improving health care through the use of clinical decision support. In particular, these projects targeted chronically ill patients.

1. Lessons in Using Clinical Decision Support for Chronic Disease Management Brian Dixon, MPA Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Jack Starmer, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center Anita Samarth ASTECH Consulting

6. AHRQ Health IT Portfolio http://healthit.ahrq.gov State and Regional Demonstrations of HIE 5 yr Current issues: eRx standards pilots Privacy, security, business practices National Resource Center for Health IT Planning 1 yr Implementation 3 yr Demonstrating Value 3 yr

7. The AHRQ Health IT Portfolio: Breadth of Technologies Used Source: Dixon BE, “The Landscape of the AHRQ Health Information Technology Portfolio.” AMIA 2006 Symposium . Distribution of health information technologies across the AHRQ portfolio Page ©2007 AHRQ National Resource Center

8. A Report on IT Innovations in Chronic Disease Management (CDM)

12. Key Lessons

19. Conclusion