Difference between revisions of "Costs and benefits of health information technology"
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Leap Frog Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Research and Quality (ODPHP) and the Agency for Healthcare Quality (AHRQ) requested an evidence report on costs and benefits of HIT systems to evaluate the evidence regarding the value of discrete HIT functions and systems in healthcare settings. Key questions were related to | Leap Frog Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Research and Quality (ODPHP) and the Agency for Healthcare Quality (AHRQ) requested an evidence report on costs and benefits of HIT systems to evaluate the evidence regarding the value of discrete HIT functions and systems in healthcare settings. Key questions were related to | ||
* What are the costs and benefits of interoperability for providers and payors and what is the critical information required by decision makers | * What are the costs and benefits of interoperability for providers and payors and what is the critical information required by decision makers | ||
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Electronic searches of PubMed, Cochrane Registries and Cochrane Database of Reviews of effectiveness (DARE) and private industry articles publish from 1995. There were 856 studies screened records with 256 included in the final analysis. | Electronic searches of PubMed, Cochrane Registries and Cochrane Database of Reviews of effectiveness (DARE) and private industry articles publish from 1995. There were 856 studies screened records with 256 included in the final analysis. | ||
Revision as of 04:18, 21 October 2015
Introduction
The article discussed a literature review of the value of discrete HIT functions and systems in various healthcare settings. They found that some evidence suggests health information technology (HIT) can improve efficiency, cost-effectiveness, quality, and safety by making best practice guidelines and evidence databases immediately available to clinicians, and by making computerized patient information available throughout a health care network. [1]
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