Virtual Classroom

Summer 2005 - Summer 2006

(NCL Project)

The goal of this project is to develop a virtual classroom for the HeartMath Institute where they can conduct their training sessions online thorugh the Internet.

Personal Health Records: Incorporating the Complete Health and Disability Spectrum

Spring 2005-Fall 2005

(Kay Center Project)

In todays healthcare industry, health information is used for a variety of purposes other than improving ones health. For example, in case of disability claims, the same medical records are utilized to make a financial judgment about the compensation that a person should receive. The first phase of this study will provide an overview of the healthcare space with definitions of existing health states, summary of policies and market forces that influence the distribution of resources over the entire healthcare arena, and defragmentation of this large problem set into smaller meaningful components. In the second phase, the details of varying needs and uses of EHR in each problem domain will be outline. Detailed analysis will provide information about the generation, operation, and transmission of the EHR within each state and how changing from one state to another affects these three operations. The final phase of this study will take three focus areas annual medical exams, minimum data for health and disability uses, and SSA and other EHR policies. The outcomes will be recommendations that can influence the policy decisions regarding EHR systems for disability evaluations and independent medical examinations.