United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

VA GAPS Center

Research Contracts & Awards

    Recent Awards          

  1. 2005 Excellence in Patient Safety Award - AACN (American Association of Critical Care Nurses)
    (If you are not able to view a PDF, you can download the necessary Adobe Acrobat Reader.)     
  2. Dr. Emily Patterson, 2004: Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Design Award
  3. Dr. Marta Render, 2005: Richard M. Smith Leadership in Patient Safety Award

    Grants   

Date

Title

 

Funding Agency

10/03 – 10/08

Cincinnati VAMC Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) with Joel Tsevat, M.D., M.P.H. $1.3 million

 

VA  Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D)

1/03 – 12/06

Merit Review Entry Program: Human factors and the effectiveness of computerized clinical reminders, Emily Patterson, Ph.D

 

VA HSR&D

2003 – 2005

Toward a safety culture: reducing nosocomial infections $1,312,512

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

11/02 – 10/04

Human factors and the effectiveness of computerized clinical reminders, TRX 01-216. Patterson ES/Asch

S(Palo Alto VAMC) PI

 

VA HSR&D

11/02 – 10/04

Variation in ICU risk adjusted outcomes. IIR-02-051-1, $459,300          

 

VA HSR&D

7/01 – 6/03

 

Creating safety and reducing medical error with bar coding.SAF-20049-1 $440,000 7/01 – 6/03

 

VA HSR&D

7/00 – 6/02

Automated ICU Risk Adjustment Performance, HSRD 99 257-1 $443,000

 

VA HSR&D

3/99 –  3/03

VA Midwest Patient Safety Center of Inquiry: Getting at Patient Safety – GAPS. $2,000,000

 

VA

7/98 – 12/00

Evaluating Veterans Health Care Costs. SDR 97 – 001. $2,800,000 (GN Nugent, A Hendricks PI)

 

VA HSR&D

4/97 – 12/99

HSR&D Development Program Project 97–032. Theme: Automated performance measures. $198, 000 

VA HSR&D


 

   Contracts  

Date

Title

 

Funding Agency

7/05 – 9/07

VA Inpatient Evaluation Center (IPEC) ($1,821,650.30)

 

VA Central Office (VACO)

10/04 – 9/05

VA ICU Quality Improvement Project ($420,000)

 

VISN

10/04 – 9/05

Usability testing in VA software and computerized order entry ($162,000)

 

VA Information Office

10/04 – 9/05

Clinical Indicator Data Capture ($128,621)

 

VHA Business Office

10/03 – 9/04

Usability testing in VA software and computerized order entry ($162,000)

 

VA Information Office

7/02 – 6/03

Usability testing in VA software and computerized order entry ($50,000)

 

VA Information Office

 

4/02 – 4/03

Infomercials for Just-in-Time Learning about safety. The patient’s perspective. M Render and A Eisenlohr ($100,000)

 

VA Employee Education System (EES)