Abstract

: The K08 application outlines a five-year plan to support a candidate who is already contributing to clinical research in long term care settings. The candidate is a registered nurse with nearly 20 years of work in diverse projects, settings, and disciplines;which positions him for a successful career as an independent investigator in health services research. The career development plan provides a sequence of carefully selected training and mentoring experiences, including graduate level coursework in human factors research, mentored research leading to an interdisciplinary R01 proposal, peer reviewed publications, and professional networking, that will catapult him to the next level of research achievement. The candidates proposed research program, Assessing the Relationship Between IT Sophistication and Nursing Home Quality has two specific aims: 1) Compare pressure ulcer quality measures in Nursing Home Compare data in nursing homes with high IT sophistication versus nursing homes with low IT sophistication;and 2) Explore strategies to communicate pressure ulcer preventions used in nursing homes with high IT sophistication versus nursing homes with low IT sophistication.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Type
Clinical Investigator Award (CIA) (K08)
Project #
5K08HS016862-05
Application #
8141289
Study Section
HSR Health Care Research Training SS (HCRT)
Program Officer
Anderson, Kay
Project Start
2007-09-30
Project End
2013-09-29
Budget Start
2011-09-30
Budget End
2013-09-29
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department
Type
Schools of Nursing
DUNS #
153890272
City
Columbia
State
MO
Country
United States
Zip Code
65211

  Publications

Shepherd, Marilyn Murphy; Wipke-Tevis, Deidre D; Alexander, Gregory L (2015) Analysis of qualitative interviews about the impact of information technology on pressure ulcer prevention programs: implications for the wound, ostomy and continence nurse. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 42:235-41
Alexander, Gregory L (2015) Nurse Assistant Communication Strategies About Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Homes. West J Nurs Res 37:984-1004
Alexander, Gregory L; Pasupathy, Kalyan S; Steege, Linsey M et al. (2014) Multi-disciplinary communication networks for skin risk assessment in nursing homes with high IT sophistication. Int J Med Inform 83:581-91
Alexander, Gregory L; Wakefield, Bonnie J; Rantz, Marilyn et al. (2011) Passive sensor technology interface to assess elder activity in independent living. Nurs Res 60:318-25
Alexander, Gregory L; Madsen, Richard; Wakefield, Douglas (2010) A regional assessment of information technology sophistication in Missouri nursing homes. Policy Polit Nurs Pract 11:214-25
Havens, Timothy C; Alexander, Gregory L; Abbott, Carmen C et al. (2009) Tracking Exercise Motions of Older Adults Using Contours. J Appl Comput Sci Methods 2:21-42
Alexander, Gregory L; Madsen, Richard (2009) IT sophistication and quality measures in nursing homes. J Gerontol Nurs 35:22-7
Alexander, Gregory L; Wakefield, Douglas S (2009) Information technology sophistication in nursing homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc 10:398-407
Alexander, Greg; Staggers, Nancy (2009) A systematic review of the designs of clinical technology: findings and recommendations for future research. ANS Adv Nurs Sci 32:252-79
Alexander, Gregory L (2008) An analysis of nursing home quality measures and staffing. Qual Manag Health Care 17:242-51

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