Health information technology (HIT) adoption has been recommended as a method to improve care coordination and promote patient safety. Home health agencies can use HIT to improve coordination of care provided in multiple locations. The purposes of this study are: 1) to determine the EMR adoption rate and use of point of care technology among a US sample of 1,036 home health/hospice facilities, ...

Our aging population has exacerbated strong and divergent trends between health human resource supply and demand. One way to mitigate future inequities is through the adoption of health information technology (HIT). Our previous research showed a number of risks and mitigating factors which affected HIT implementation success. We confirmed these findings through semistructured interviews with n...

OBJECTIVES This paper reviews organizational and social issues (OSIs) in health information technology (HIT). METHODS A review and synthesis of the literature on OSIs in HIT was conducted. RESULTS Five overarching themes with respect to OSIs in HIT were identified and discussed: scope and frameworks for defining OSIs in HIT, context matters, process immaturity and complexity, trade-offs wil...

INTRODUCTION The adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, also known as electronic health records (EHRs), has the potential to reduce the incidence of medical errors and to improve the care patients receive through better compliance with recommended standards, improved coordination of care and ready access to up-to-date health information.1,2 Recognizing the potential impact on pati...

OBJECTIVES Health information technology (HIT) research findings suggested that new healthcare technologies could reduce some types of medical errors while at the same time introducing classes of medical errors (i.e., technology-induced errors). Technology-induced errors have their origins in HIT, and/or HIT contribute to their occurrence. The objective of this paper is to review current trends...

Health information technology (HIT) holds great promise to cross the quality chasm of the US healthcare system and to bend the curve of ever-rising costs. However, many successfully deployed HIT systems have failed to generate anticipated benefits; (Bloomrosen et al. 2011) some are even associated with unintended adverse consequences (Kellermann and Jones 2013). It has been extensively document...

The current commercial health information technology (HIT) arena encompasses a number of competing firms that provide electronic health applications to hospitals, clinical practices, and other healthcare-related entities. Such applications collect, store, and analyze patient information. Some vendors incorporate contract language whereby purchasers of HIT systems, such as hospitals and clinics,...

background: adopting information technology (it) systems in an organization is a decision which faces several challenges. this study has been conducted with the aim of analyzing barriers and challenges in application of ict in medical science universities in general and the ilam medical science university in particular. methods: the studied population was the employees of ilam university of med...

KEY FINDINGS (1) Estimates using national data provide tentative evidence of a positive relationship between health information technology (HIT) and clinical quality. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are associated with a statistically significant aversion of two post-operative infections per year at the average U.S. acute care hospital. (2) The study found no significant relationships for two...