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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Health Information Technology (HIT)"”.
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Does Health Information Technology Improve Hospital Process Measures?
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) incentivizes hospitals to utilize health information technology (HIT), including electronic medical records (EMR) and health information exchange (HIE). Hospitals have responded by increasing the implementation …
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Effects of Health Information Technology Adoption on Nursing Home Quality Rating Scores in Minnesota Nursing Homes
Adoption of health information technology (HIT) may be instrumental in improving quality of care in Minnesota nursing homes. The purpose of this non-experimental, quantitative study was to examine the relationship between nursing homes’ quality of care, as measured by CMS Quality Rating Scores, and …
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Understanding the Current State of Health Information Exchange in Long-Term Care Homes
… thesis aimed to examine the current state of health information exchange (HIE) processes within the Canadian long-term care (LTC) setting and identify opportunities to improve these processes through the proliferation of health information technology (HIT). Methods: The first study undertook a …
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The diffusion of health information technology: practice characteristics and competition as drivers of adoption
This paper considers the adoption of Health Information Technology (HIT) by physician clinics with ten or fewer physicians. The paper considers the theoretical economics literature on technology adoption for a new technology and has a place in the empirical tests of these models. The two major …
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HITEQI-A framework to implement health information technology-enabled quality improvement.
This thesis proposes a framework known as the Health Information Technology-Enabled Quality Improvement (HITEQI) to provide a structured approach to quality improvement in healthcare where the intervention is through the use of information technology. HITEQI combines the core elements of Canada …
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A study of awareness and utilisation of online clinical resources by practice nurses in general practice in Canterbury
… growth in the potential application of Health Information Technology (HIT), into the daily clinical practice of registered nurses (Murphy, 2011; Nursing Informatics Awareness Task Force HIMSS, 2007). This study focused on practice nurses working in the largest Primary Health Organisation …
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Enhancing biomedical terminologies to include behavioral health: a prerequisite to improving the quality of healthcare
Developing high quality information systems capable of supporting research and clinical care in behavioral health requires the existence of robust clinical terminologies and information models. These terminologies and information models must be capable of representing the same breadth and depth of …
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Essays on health economics and technology adoption
This thesis studies the economics of technology adoption in the healthcare industry. The first chapter analyzes the impact of health information technology (HIT) on the quality and intensity of care delivered to Medicare inpatients. Building an organizational model, I show how the adoption of HIT …
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Errors and adverse consequences as a result of information technology use in healthcare : an integrated review of the literature
Health Information Technology (HIT) has become an integral component of healthcare today. The HITECH Act (2009) and Meaningful Use objectives stand to bring wide-sweeping adoption and implementations of HIT in small, medium and large sized healthcare organizations across the country. Though recent …
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HealtheLife: Using a Patient Portal App to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes in East Los Angeles
… alleviate the burden of type 2 diabetes among White Memorial Medical Center (WMMC) patients and their primary service area within Los Angeles County Service Planning Area 4 (SPA-4). SPA-4 is a medically underserved area with numerous key health indicators that indicate the need for increased …
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The factors affecting a data harmonisation innovation in the Western Cape, South Africa
… data production and utilisation to support health management decision-making. There is currently a need to strengthen data support structures through the harmonisation of multiple databases across different types of health services and organisations. Data harmonisation (DH) is an innovative …