Health information technology and physician perceptions of quality of care and satisfaction

Karen Davis, Michelle McEvoy Doty, Katherine Shea and Kristof Stremikis

Health Policy, 2009, vol. 90, issue 2-3, 239-246

Abstract: Objective To examine across seven countries the relationship between physician office information system capacity and the quality of care.Design Multivariate analysis of a cross-sectional 2006 random survey of primary care physicians in seven countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States.Main outcome measures coordination and safety of care, care for chronically ill patients, and satisfaction with practice of medicine.Results The study finds significant disparities in the quality of health care between practices with low information system capacity and those with high technical capacity after controlling for within country differences and practice size. There were significant physician satisfaction differences with the overall experience of practicing medicine by information system level.Conclusions For policy leaders, the seven-nation survey suggests that health systems that promote information system infrastructure are better able to address coordination and safety issues, particularly for patients with multiple chronic conditions, as well as to maintain primary care physician workforce satisfaction.

Keywords: Health; information; technology; Health; care; quality; International; innovations; Physician; satisfaction; Physician; perception (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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