Rural Health Research Gateway

Ranjit Singh, MD, MBA

Phone: 716.898.5517
E-mail: rs10@buffalo.edu

The State University of New York at Buffalo

Completed Projects

Targeted Rural Health Primary Care Research in HIT Adoption and Scope of Use, Lead researcher
Research center: ORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Health information technology, Technology
This project will conduct a national mail survey of 5,200 primary care practices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to assess use of various forms of Health Information Technology (HIT) as well as physician-perceived barriers to and facilitators of HIT adoption. It will provide current, relevant data for designing targeted policies to promote expansion of HIT in diverse rural settings.