Current or Recently Completed Project Summaries

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• Improving Care at the End of Life for Latinos: A Cultural Navigator Intervention
  Funded by: National Institute on Aging/Beeson K 23.
  Project Period: 07/07 - 06/11
  
  
• Ensuring Effective Leadership to Improve Care to Older Adults: Implementation Phase
  Funded by: The Atlantic Philanthropies.
  Project Period: 05/07 - 08/07
  
  
• GIT-P Dissemination: Promoting the Adoption of Successful Projects
  Funded by: John A. Hartford Foundation.
  Project Period: 01/07 - 12/07
  
  
• California CTI Training
  Funded by: Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York.
  Project Period: 01/07 - 07/08
  
  
• Colorado CTI Training - Proposal for Transitions of Care
  Funded by: Colorado Foundation for Medical Care.
  Project Period: 12/06 - 03/08
  
  
• Development, Maintenance, and Implementation of Nursing Home Quality of Care Measures
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 10/06 - 09/07
  
  
• Nursing Home Value Based Purchasing Demonstration
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Subcontract from: Abt Associates.
  Project Period: 09/06 - 08/11
  
  
• Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology in Nursing Homes and Home Health Agencies
  Funded by: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services
  Project Period: 09/06 - 08/11
  
  
• Quality of Life and Service Needs of Leukemia and Lymphoma Survivors
  Funded by: National Cancer Institute.
  Project Period: 08/06 - 07/11
  
  
• Development of Staffing Quality Measures – Phase I: Continuation
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  Subcontract From: Colorado Foundation for Medical Care
  Project Period: 07/06 - 03/08
  
  
• Ensuring Effective Leadership to Improve Care to Older Adults: Planning Phase
  Funded by: The Atlantic Philanthropies.
  Project Period: 07/06 - 04/07
  
  
• Two-year Outcomes of Older Persons with Stroke
  Funded by: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIHCD).
  Project Period: 06/06 - 05/08
  
  
• Medical Student Training in Aging Research
  Funded by: National Institute on Aging.
  Project Period: 06/06 - 05/07
  
  
• Rural Hospice Demonstration Evaluation - Phase II
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 10/05 - 09/10
  
  
• Health Information Exchange in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
  Funded by: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Health and Human Services.
  Project Period: 09/05 - 03/07
  
  
• IPRO Managed Long-term Care (MLTC) Software Project
  Funded by: IPRO.
  Project Period: 12/04 - 09/07
  
  
• Temporal Analysis of a Community-based Latino Education
  Funded by: National Cancer Institute.
  Project Period: 8/04 - 7/06
  
  
• Improving Care for Nursing Home Pneumonia in NHCU's and Veteran's Homes
  Funded by: Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Project Period: 8/04 - 7/05
  
  
• Chemotherapy and Cognition in Older Breast Cancer Patients
  Funded by: National Institute on Aging.
  Project Period: 7/04 - 6/09
  
  
• Improving Transition in the Care of Older, Hospitalized Patients
  Funded by: Commonwealth Fund of New York.
  Project Period: 5/04 - 12/05
  
  
• Assessing the Quality of Preparation for Post-Hospital Care from the Patient's Perspective: The Care Transition Measure
  Funded by: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: National Institute on Aging;
  Paul Beeson Faculty Scholar in Aging Research/American Federaton for Aging Research
  Project Period: 5/04 - 4/08
  
  
• Life Care Evidence-based Guidelines for Treating Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia
  Funded by: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
  Project Period: 5/04 - 4/08
  
  
• Implementing Evidence-Based Guidelines for Treating Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia.
  Funded by: AHRQ
  Project Period: 05/04 - 04/08
  
  
• Report to Congress on the Expansion of Medicare Coverage for Telemedicine Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities
  Funded by: Office for the Advancement of Telehealth; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 5/04 - 12/04
  
  
• Improving Nursing Home Enforcement - Phase 2
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 10/03 - 09/08
  
  
• Government Reimbursement and Nursing Home Doctors' Patterns of Practice
  Funded by: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
  Project Period: 10/03 - 5/05
  
  
• Development of Nursing Home Staffing Quality Measures for Public Reporting
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 10/03 - 7/05
  
  
• Action Tremor and Dementia in Male Carriers of Fragile X
  Funded by: National Institure of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
  Project Period: 9/03 - 6/08
  
  
• Treating Obesity in Underserved Rural Settings
  Funded by: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
  Subcontract from: University of Florida
  Project Period: 9/03 - 6/08
  
  
• Ethnic Disparities in End-of-Life Care: A Cancer Aging Pilot Study
  Funded by: National Cancer Institute; National Institute on Aging
  Project Period: 9/03 - 8/05
  
  
• Ethnicity and Poverty: Effects on Care at End of Life
  Funded by: Brookdale National Fellowship
  Project Period: 7/03 - 6/05
  
  
• Assistance to Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO's) in Home Health Care
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  Subcontracted from: Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care
  Project Period: 7/03 - 7/05
  
  
• Nursing Homes and Life-sustaining Options for Treatment
  Funded by: Hartford/Jahnigan Center of Excellence Junior Faculty Stipend
  Project Period: 7/03 - 6/05
  
  
• Urinary Catheter Use in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients Discharged to SNF.
  Funded by: Hartford/Jahnigen Center of Excellence Fellow Development Stipend.
  Project Period: 4/03 - 6/04
  
  
• Improving Home Health Outcomes through Education and Research.
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 10/02 - 9/06
  
  
• Electronic Health Information in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care.
  Funded by: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
  Project Period: 10/02 - 4/04
  
  
• The Tepeyac Project.
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 8/02 - 7/05
  
  
• Assessment, Refinement and Analysis of the Existing Prospective Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities.
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Subcontract from: The Urban Institute.
  Project Period: 7/02 - 6/05
  
  
• Physician Action During Illness Onset: Does DNR connote meaning beyond CPR?.
  Funded by: Hartford/Jahnigen Center of Excellence Faculty Development Award .
  Project Period: 7/02 - 9/03
  
  
• Program to Elicit and Respect Care Expectations and Values .
  Funded by: Hartford/Jahnigen Center of Excellence Faculty Development Award .
  Project Period: 7/02 - 9/03
  
  
• Effects of Androgen Blockade on Cognitive Function and Quality of Life in Men with Prostate Cancer
  Funded by: Department of Defense.
  Project Period: 1/02 - 1/05
  
  
• Development of an Enhanced Risk Adjustment Method for National OASIS Outcome Reports.
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 1/02 - 10/02
  
  
• Case Studies to Evaluate the Enforcement Process and Nursing Home Care Related to the Nursing Home Initiative (Nursing Home Enforcement).
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Subcontract from: West Virginia Medical Institute.
  Project Period: 10/01 - 3/03
  
  
• A Randomized Trial to Improve Transitions Between Healthcare Settings for Persons with Chronic Illness.
  Funded by: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  Project Period: 1/1/01 - 12/31/03
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  An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Improving Transition Across Sites of Geriatric Care.
  Funded by: John A. Hartford Foundation.
  Project Period: 1/1/01 - 12/31/05
  
  
• Improving Protocols for Home Health Agency Assessment in the Survey Process.
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 2001 - 2004
  
  
• Identification of Medicare Beneficiaries at Risk for Multiple Transitions Between Care Settings.
  Funded by: American Federation for Aging Research.
  Project Period: 1/01 - 1/02
  
  
• Data Collection for a Study of Users of Medicare Home Health Care Services and Multiple Post-Acute Settings.
  Funded by: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
  Project Period: 9/00 - 9/05
  
  
• Home Health Quality Improvement System Pilot Quality Improvement Organization.
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project Period: 2000 - 2002
  
  
• Skilled Nursing Facilities Prospective Payment System Quality Medical Review Data Analysis PRO.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Subcontract from: Colorado Foundation for Medical Care.
  Project Period: 7/1/00 - 9/30/01
  
  
• Preparing Patients and Caregivers to Participate in Care Delivered Across Settings: The Care Transitions Intervention
  Funded by: John A. Hartford Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  Project Period: 2/00 - 12/05
  
  
• Implementing Guidelines for the Treatment of Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia in a Managed Care Setting.
  Funded by: Hartford/Jahnigen Center of Excellence Faculty Development Award.
  Subcontract from: Colorado Foundation for Medical Care.
  Project Period: 2/00 - 1/04
  
  
• New York State Outcome-Based Quality Improvement Demonstration.
  Funded by: New York State Department of Health.
  Project period: 1/00 - 12/04/1/05 - 12/07
  
  
• Comparative Study of the Outcomes and Costs Associated with Medicare Post Acute Care Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Rehabilitation Hospitals/Units.
  Funded by: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
  Subcontract from: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
  Project Period: 9/99 - 10/03
  
  
• Development and Testing of an Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Accuracy Verification Protocol.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project Period: 1999 - 2002
  
  
• Evaluating the Use of Quality Indicators in the Long Term Care Survey Process.
  Funded by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  Project period: 10/98 5/05
  
  
• University of Colorado Outcome Reporting and Enhancement Research Partnership
  Funded by: Various fees plus startup funds from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  Project period: 2/98-12/04
  
  
• Hartford/Jahnigen Center of Excellence in Geriatrics.
  Funded by: The John A. Hartford Foundation, including cost sharing provided by the Chancellor, Dean, and Department of Medicine.
  Project Period: 1/1/98 to 12/31/00
  Renewal Periods: 1/1/01 to 12/31/03 and 3/1/04 to 2/28/07
  
  
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Quality Assurance.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Subcontract from: Center for Health Policy Research.
  Project period: 1/97 - 9/02
  
  
• Assisting Home Care Providers in Effectively Monitoring and Using Patient Outcomes.
  Funded by: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  Project period: 2/98 - 2/03
  
  
• A Study of Medicare Home Health Practice Variations.
  Funded by: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
  Project Period: 1995 - 2002
  
  
• Maximizing the Effective Use of Telemedicine: A Study of the Effects, Cost Effectiveness, and Utilization Patterns of Consultations via Telemedicine.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project Period: 1995 - 2002.
  
  
• Medicare Home Health Quality Assurance Demonstration.
  Funded by: Health Care Financing Administration.
  Project period: 1994 - 2003.
  
  

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