Levels of Adoption of Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety: Effectiveness and Efficiency

Presenters

Scott Neishi, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Yili Gan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher R. Cochran, University of Nevada Las VegasFollow
Jay J. Shen, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Location

UNLV Moyer Student Union 208

Start Date

16-4-2013 12:30 PM

End Date

16-4-2013 2:30 PM

Description

• Patient safety, including hospital acquired infections has become one of the major concerns in healthcare delivery in recent years
• Electronic health records are becoming an integral aspect of the health care delivery
• Health policies have been looking to improve quality / patient safety and efficiency of healthcare through the adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems
• Can EHR adoption improve patient safety?
• Can EHR adoption reduce cost?
• H1: Patients treated at hospitals with a higher level of EHR adoption are less likely to incur poorer patient safety indicators
• H2: Patients treated at hospitals with a higher level of EHR adoption are more likely to incur lower costs for their respective patient safety indicators

Keywords

Hospitals – Safety measures; Medical errors – Prevention; Medical records – Data processing; Nosocomial infections; Patients – Safety measures

Disciplines

Health Information Technology | Health Services Administration | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing

Language

English

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