Innovative Methods & Applications | Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research

The Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research is delighted to share its experience in research focused on Innovative Methods & Applications, including the development and testing of new tools and applying existing tools in new ways. Below are the featured examples of projects currently conducted by our faculty or successfully finalized and published:

New Tools

Developing an Indicator of Overuse of Medical Testing to Reduce the Cost of Health Care
Harmonizing Cognitive Assessment in International Surveys on Aging
(Dis)Respect Reflected and Perpetuated in Medical Records
Clinical Knowledge Hub - Conceptual Integration of Rules, Data Sets, and Queries
"PROTEUS" Patient-Reported Outcomes Tools
A Community HIE-based Hospital Readmission Risk Prediction and Notification System
Capturing Implementation Context: The Team Check Up Tool (TCT) Project
Long-term Health Impacts of Physical and Cognitive Occupational Exposures
Creating and Validating a Claim-based Indicator of Frailty
Developing Next Generation EHR-Supported Predictive Modeling: Developing the Johns Hopkins “e-ACG” System
The Development and Testing of the Frailty Component of a Novel EHR-Based “Geriatric e-Risk” Measure for Predictive Modeling

New Applications

Partnership for Quality Improvement Evaluation With the American College of Physicians
Evidence-Based Practice Center
Framework for a VHA Population Health Program: BMI Trajectory Project
Geographic Variation in Health and Economic Determinants and Outcomes of Elective Surgery
PCORI Methodology Standards Academic Curriculum
Presenting Patient-Reported Outcomes to Promote Patient and Clinician Understanding and Use
Stage 3 Meaningful Use Objectives: An Evaluation of Care Coordination Measures among Eligible Hospitals
Identifying High Risk Pregnancies through Natural Language Processing
Maximizing Respect and Improving Patient Outcomes in HIV and Substance Abuse
Modeling Disease Trajectories in Patients with Complex, Multiphenotypic Conditions