AIR has helped clients at NIH, CDC, SAMHSA, the Department of Education, the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and many others to pioneer the use of electronic information and communication technology to improve health, prevent disease and positively affect medical outcomes and the health care decision-making process including:
- Exploring ways information and technology can be used to optimize the healthcare partnership of provider and patient.
- Developing science-based information and technology to inform, educate and empower consumers and to allow patients to more effectively participate in disease prevention and healthcare decisions.
- Identifying factors that the affect the use of technology in the consumer and provider-client interactions.
- Designing highly effective knowledge portals to disseminate science-based health information to consumers and health care institutions in the US and around the world via the Internet.
- Developing clinical decision support systems for the Web and for personal digital assistants (PDAs) in areas such as hypertension, obesity, and management of diabetes.
- Developing large complex web applications using formal software development methodologies and advanced technologies like .Net.
- User-centric design and usability engineering aimed at improving all aspects of the end-users’ overall experience and taking proactive steps to ensure that all AIR-designed applications remains an intuitive, easy to use resource for all users.
- Web site usage tracking, analysis, reporting, promotion and marketing to improve visibility and usage of client Web sites.