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MRC Funds Second Group of Research Proposals
The McDowell Research Center is pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of the annual McDowell Research Grants. Four grant proposals were funded for $5000.00 each. The grant proposals were chosen from a pool of 15 applicants from the United States and abroad.
“There were some excellent proposals this year and we are very pleased to provide funding for these four outstanding choices,” states MRC Director Prashant Palvia. “Our committee was very happy with the quality of what was submitted and the fact that this year, we were able to focus on the timely and pressing issue of “IT in Healthcare.”
Titles and recipients of the 2009 MRC Research Proposals funding are:
“An In-Depth Case Study of Successful vs. Unsuccessful EMR Implementations: Mis-alignments vs. Organizational Change” – Dr. Mary Sumner, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.”
“Electronic Medical Records on the Front Lines: Post Adoption Task and Business Process Performance” – Dr. Virginia Ilie, University of Kansas.
“Reliability and Validity of Articulation Assessment by Telepractice” – Michael Campbell, M.S., MBA, CCC-SLP, Director of Speech & Hearing Program, UNCG.
“Health Information Technology Adoptions Strategies Impacts on Productivity” – Dr. Eric Ford, UNCG, Dr. Timothy Huerrta, Texas Tech University & Dr. Nir Menachemi, University of Alabama, Birmingham.