The Impact of Accelerating Electronic Prescribing on Hospitals' Productivity Levels
Can Health Information Technology Bend the Curve
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13775885 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric W Ford (0000-0002-7885-0019, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, corresponding author), Timothy R Huerta (0000-0002-9978-3564, Texas Tech University), Mark A Thompson (0000-0003-3202-3058, Texas Tech University), Roland Patry |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 304-312 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| 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_48.04.04 |
| PMID | 22397060 |
| OpenAlex | W2127608076 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
This paper examines how different strategies for implementing computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) impact hospitals' productivity. We used the American Hospital Association's Annual Survey to construct hospital-level measures for 1,812 facilities and analyzed the productivity indices against CPOE use rates. The relationship between CPOE use rates and indices for "technical efficiency change" and "total factor productivity" was significant. Hospitals introducing CPOE facilitywide in a one-year period (where usage went from zero to more than 50%) experienced declines in both productivity indices. One implication is that hospitals achieving the goals of the "meaningful use" program promoted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may do so at the expense of productivity
Business · Computerized physician order entry · Economic growth · Economics · Electronic health record · Electronic prescribing · Health care · Health information technology · Medicaid · Medical emergency · Medical prescription · Operations management · Order entry · Productivity · Electronic Health Records Systems · Engineering · Healthcare Systems and Technology · Medicine · Nursing · Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |