Healthcare Quality Center of Economic Excellence

Inception:
2007

University collaborators:

University of South Carolina (fiscal agent)

Clemson University (collaborative partner)

Medical University of South Carolina (collaborative partner)

About the CoEE:

This CoEE is working to improve the safety, effectiveness, and affordability of healthcare in South Carolina through applied medical research and state-of-the-art information technology. An objective for the CoEE’s research is to make healthcare research and delivery in South Carolina more efficient.

One example of this is creating interoperable electronic health records, which would give health providers the ability to retrieve a patient’s medical record from anywhere in the state. This could be especially useful for Emergency Medical Technicians, who could access the medical records of critically ill patients as they are being transported to a hospital, or for people who become sick or injured while traveling. Another example of increasing the efficiency of healthcare is creating a statewide data portal for sharing clinical trial research information among the various healthcare systems.

The results from this CoEE’s research could turn South Carolina into a national model for the development and use of advanced medical informatics technology.

Funding level:
$5 million

CoEE endowed chairs: