TABLE 3.

Objectives of AHRQ’s Electronic Data Infrastructure Projects

Link multiple health care delivery sites Connect multiple databases Focus on priority populations and conditions Focus on prospective, patient-centered outcomes Conduct comparative effectiveness research Obtain valid and generalizable conclusions Concentrate on governance and sustainability For registries: also conduct quality improvement, leverage existing registries For distributed research networks: perform near real-time data collection and analysis on multiple diseases and populations

AHRQ = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.