Electronic Medical Records and Cost Efficiency in Hospital Medical-Surgical Units
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13775757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael F Furukawa (0000-0001-9593-169X, Arizona State University, corresponding author), T S Raghu, Benjamin B M Shao (0000-0003-1870-0462) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 110-123 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.110 |
| PMID | 20812460 |
| OpenAlex | W1992819478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 42 |
This study examines the impact of electronic medical records (EMRs) on cost efficiency in hospital medical-surgical units. Using panel data on California hospitals from 1998 to 2007, we employed stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to estimate the relationships between EMR implementation and the cost inefficiency of medical-surgical units. We categorized EMR implementation into three stages based on the level of sophistication. We also examined the effects of specific EMR systems on cost inefficiency. Our SFA models addressed potential bias from unobserved heterogeneity and heteroskedasticity. EMR Stages 1 and 2, nursing documentation, electronic medication administration records, and clinical decision support were associated with significantly higher inefficiency
Business · Documentation · Economics · Electronic medical record · Inefficiency · Medical emergency · Medical record · Operations management · Sophistication · Stochastic frontier analysis · Computer Science · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medical Coding and Health Information · Medicine · Surgery
Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Systematic Review
The measurement of efficiency and productivity of health care delivery
Reconsidering heterogeneity in panel data estimators of the stochastic frontier model
The Econometric Approach to Efficiency Analysis
Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor
Information Technology and the U.S. Economy
Frontier Estimation and Firm-Specific Inefficiency Measures in the Presence of Heteroscedasticity
Stochastic Frontier Estimation of Cost Models Within the Hospital
Hospital Inefficiency
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2013 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |