Introduction to the Adoption of Health Information Technologies

Nima A. Behkami and Tugrul U. Daim ()
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Nima A. Behkami: Merck Research Laboratories
Tugrul U. Daim: Portland State University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Healthcare Technology Innovation Adoption, 2016, pp 3-8 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Due to changing population demographics and their state of health, the healthcare system in the United States is facing monumental challenges. For example patients suffering from chronic illnesses account for approximately 75 % of the nation’s healthcare-related expenditures. A patient on Medicare with five or more illnesses will visit 13 different outpatient physicians and fill 50 prescriptions per year (Friedman, Jiang, Elixhauser, & Segal, 2006). As the number of a patient’s conditions increases, the risk of hospitalizations grows exponentially (Wolff, Starfield, & Anderson, 2002). While the transitions between providers and settings increase, so does the risk of harm from inadequate information transfer and reconciliation of treatment plans. A third of these costs may be due to inappropriate variation and failure to coordinate and manage care (Wolff et al., 2002). As costs continue to rise, the delivery of care must change to meet these costs.

Keywords: Electronic Health Record; Health Information Technology; Diffusion Research; System Dynamic Methodology; Health Information Technology Adoption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17975-9_1

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