The diffusion and value of healthcare information technology

The diffusion and value of healthcare information technology / Anthony G. Bower.

This report characterizes the diffusion of use of electronic health records (EHRs). The author uses a series of interviews and surveys and an extensive literature review to investigate whether healthcare can duplicate the gains enabled by information technology seen in a number of prominent industri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bower, Anthony G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2005.
Subjects:
Medicine > Information technology > Evaluation.
Medicine > Information technology > Government policy > United States.
Medical records > Data processing > Cost effectiveness.
Diffusion of innovations.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Biomedical.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Medical Technology.
MEDICAL > Biotechnology.
MEDICAL > Lasers in Medicine.
Diffusion of innovations
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Why is health information technology (HIT) diffusion and its value important?
  • What is the current diffusion of HIT?
  • EHR Past and future diffusion in relation to other innovations
  • The potential value of wide HIT diffusion
  • Should the government intervene to speed diffusion of HIT?

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