EHR Adoption and Cost of Care: Evidence from Patient Safety Indicators

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2015

Publication Title

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volume

41

Issue

4

First page number:

2

Last page number:

17

Abstract

The adoption and implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) have the potential to reduce cost of care. Empirical evidence on the relationship between EHR adoption and cost reduction in hospital inpatient care, especially in patient safety related services, has been sparse and inconclusive. This study examined the relationship between the level of electronic health records (EHRs) implementation and cost of care in related to patient safety indicators.

Keywords

Electronic health records; Patient safety indicator; Cost of care; Health information technology


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