Archived as of April, 2005
RAND Center for e-Health
The RAND Center for e-Health is the focal point of RAND Health's research on "e-health" issues. The Center's goal is to attract resources and foster interdisciplinary collaboration to capitalize on a growing interest in understanding and developing the potential of the Internet and related technologies to improve the healthcare system.
Current projects in the Center include:
- An evaluation of the economic and clinical impact of the Medley TM GuardRails Smart I.V. pump (Alaris Medical Systems, Inc.) to see if this point-of-care medication-safety technology reduces the incidence of adverse intravenous drug events and associated hospital costs.
- A pilot study to establish the feasibility of developing usable and useful computerized templates for Veterans Health Administration primary care clinicians to improve the processes of care for vulnerable patients.
- A project to develop criteria to assess the usefulness of Community Health Assessments (CHAs) in New York State; to develop, pilot test, and operationalize a web-based tool to assess and improve county CHAs at the local level; and to evaluate the use of the web tool and offer technical assistance for its use.
- A web-based survey instrument to gather feedback from women on quality of life following treatment for noninvasive breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ). The information will be incorporated into a cost-effectiveness analysis of treatments.
- A study to define how information technology, such as computerized physician order entry, affects the U.S. health care system.
- Continuation of a project to enhance the capabilities of the Health Cost Calculator, a RAND-designed web-based tool to help employees make informed decisions about health plan value and about contributions to a flexible spending account.
For more information about the Center for e-Health, please contact the Center's director, Mark Spranca, Ph.D.
RAND operated The RAND Center for e-Health from 2002-2005 and maintains this Web site only as an archive of the work that was done during that time. If you have any questions about the work referenced on this Web site, please contact us via email.
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