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title="AHRQ Funded Projects"><span><span>Health IT Portfolio-funded projects</span></span></a> by various categories, such as location, Principal Investigator, or technology.</p> </div> </div></div> </div> <div id="views_slideshow_cycle_div_frontpage_slideshow-block_2" class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row views_slideshow_cycle_slide views_slideshow_slide views-row-3 views_slideshow_cycle_hidden views-row-odd"> <div class="views-slideshow-cycle-main-frame-row-item views-row views-row-2 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-slide-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140701152355/http://healthit.ahrq.gov//home"><img alt="New Success Stories Highlight Ways that Health IT Improves Care and Satisfaction" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140701152355im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slide/public/slides/human-brain.jpg?itok=24HuMNY_" width="540" height="215"/></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"> <p>Three new success stories highlight health information technology (IT) projects that enhanced care coordination (<a href="/web/20140701152355/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/CieminsSuccessStory.pdf" target="_blank" title="Improving Provider Communication to Improve Transitions in Patient Care Success Story">PDF</a>, <a href="/web/20140701152355/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/AHRQHealthITSuccessStoriesCieminsVideo" title="Improving Provider Communication to Improve Transitions in Patient Care Video">video</a>), exchange of health information (<a href="/web/20140701152355/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/CumminsSuccessStory.pdf" target="_blank" title="Building a Foundation for Health Information Exchange to Improve Poison Control Success Story">PDF</a>, <a href="/web/20140701152355/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/AHRQHealthITSuccessStoriesCumminsVideo" title="Building a Foundation for Health Information Exchange to Improve Poison Control Video">video</a>), and 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