The date for healthcare organizations to implement an electronic health record (EHR) system is quickly approaching. As set forth in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, every healthcare provider must have an EHR implemented by 2015. Healthcare providers must also demonstrate that they are using the system according to meaningful use standards set fort...

Under President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal government is offering incentives to physicians to adopt electronic health records. The goal is to improve quality of care and constrain costs. Higher incentive payments are available for those physicians who act quickly to meet the government's standards. Physicians who practice in "health professional shortage...

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 aims to expand the use of electronic health records by offering financial incentives to physicians to fully adopt and implement them. We surveyed Florida physicians who deliver care to Medicaid participants to identify their interest in participating in the incentive program. More than 60 percent of all resp...

Security is a key concern in the development of electronic health record (EHR) systems. This paper considers Neutralization Theory and the Fear Appeals Model in proposing a conceptual model for use in predicting breach behaviors within EHR systems. The goal of the model is to determine which factors influence security breach intent on the part of the offender. Specifically, perceived penalty, p...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the elements that health care personnel in Thailand believe are necessary for successful adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Design/methodology/approach Initial qualitative in-depth interviews with physicians to adapt key elements from the literature to the Thai context. The 12 elements identified included things related to ma...

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Real world evidence is the term used to describe research findings that use data that is gathered outside of standard clinical trials. Typical clinical trials focus on short-term endpoints, enroll a very narrow selection of patients, and are conducted in a controlled setting that does not reflect the practice of medicine outside of clinical trials. In contrast, RWE is developed using data that ...

Meaningful use legislation was first introduced in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as a multistaged program to incentivize adoption of electronic health record technology. Since that time, numerous eligible providers and eligible hospitals have captured incentive payments by installing certified electronic health record technology and capturing and reporting on key elements f...

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OBJECTIVE To improve understanding of facilitators of EHR system implementation, paying particular attention to opportunities to maximize physician adoption and effective deployment. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Primary data collected from 47 physician and 35 administrative key informants from six U.S. health care organizations identified because of purported success with EHR implementation. ...