scholarly journals Successful Health Information Technology Implementation Requires Practice and Health Care System Transformation

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 388-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Jaen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Care System

Process Level Benefits of an Electronic Medical Records System

2011 ◽  
pp. 393-401
Author(s):  
Abirami Radhakrishnan ◽  
Dessa David ◽  
Jigish Zaveri
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Technology Plan ◽  
Health Insurance Premiums ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Care System

The challenges faced by U.S. health care system are vividly explained in the U.S. Government’s health information technology plan, The U.S. health care system faces major challenges. Health care spending and health insurance premiums continue to rise at rates much higher than the rate of inflation. Despite spending over $1.6 trillion on health care, there are still serious concerns about preventable errors, uneven health care quality, and poor communication among doctors, hospitals, and many other health care providers involved in the care of any one person. The Institute of Medicine estimates that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year from medical errors. Many more die or have permanent disability because of inappropriate treatments, mistreatments, or missed treatments in ambulatory settings. It has been found that as much as $300 billion is spent each year on health care that does not improve patient outcomes – treatment that is unnecessary, inappropriate, inefficient, or ineffective. All these problems – high costs, uncertain value, medical errors, variable quality, administrative inefficiencies, and poor coordination – are closely connected to inadequate use of health care information technology. (U.S. Federal Government Health Information Technology Plan, 2004).

Process Level Benefits of an Electronic Medical Records System

2008 ◽  
pp. 1085-1092
Author(s):  
Abirami Radhakrishnan ◽  
Dessa David ◽  
Jigish Zaveri
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Technology Plan ◽  
Health Insurance Premiums ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Care System

The challenges faced by U.S. health care system are vividly explained in the U.S. Government’s health information technology plan, The U.S. health care system faces major challenges. Health care spending and health insurance premiums continue to rise at rates much higher than the rate of inflation. Despite spending over $1.6 trillion on health care, there are still serious concerns about preventable errors, uneven health care quality, and poor communication among doctors, hospitals, and many other health care providers involved in the care of any one person. The Institute of Medicine estimates that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year from medical errors. Many more die or have permanent disability because of inappropriate treatments, mistreatments, or missed treatments in ambulatory settings. It has been found that as much as $300 billion is spent each year on health care that does not improve patient outcomes – treatment that is unnecessary, inappropriate, inefficient, or ineffective. All these problems – high costs, uncertain value, medical errors, variable quality, administrative inefficiencies, and poor coordination – are closely connected to inadequate use of health care information technology. (U.S. Federal Government Health Information Technology Plan, 2004).

Implementing a User-Driven Online Quality Improvement Toolkit for Cancer Care

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e421-e427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Luck ◽  
Laura S. York ◽  
Candice Bowman ◽  
Randall C. Gale ◽  
Nina Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Integrated Health Care ◽  
Integrated Health Care System ◽  
Disease Specific

A combination of user-driven tool creation and centralized toolkit development seems to be effective for leveraging health information technology to spread disease-specific quality improvement tools within an integrated health care system.

scholarly journals Reflective Choice in Health Care: Using Information Technology to Present Allocation Options

1999 ◽  
Vol 25 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 387-402
Author(s):  
Arti K. Rai
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Alternative Funding ◽  
Health Care Interventions ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Care System

Over the last few decades, the U.S. health care system has been the beneficiary of tremendous growth in the power and sheer quantity of useful medical technology. As a consequence, our society has, for some time, had to make cost-benefit tradeoffs in health care. The alternative—funding all health care interventions that would produce some health benefit for some patient—is not feasible, because it would effectively consume all of our resources.

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