Table 5.

AHRQ-Funded Projects Covering Evidence Report Chapters^*

	Number of Practices by Type of Grant
	FY 2000–2001	Challenge	Health IT	PIPS
Evidence report: impact and effectiveness
Greatest strength of evidence	0	4	1	3
High strength of evidence	15	2	4	3
Medium strength of evidence	10	5	37	3
Lower impact or strength of evidence	15	5	8	4
Lowest impact or strength of evidence	0	1	10	4
Evidence report: further research
Likely to be highly beneficial	23	11	37	4
Likely to be beneficial	15	6	16	8
Evidence report: not rated, but covered in projects	104	5	53	5
Practice not addressed in evidence report	6	3	2

^*Many projects are addressing health information technology that falls into more than one category.

AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; FY, fiscal year; IT, information technology; PIPS, Partnerships in Patient Safety projects.