The Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program: First Year Adoption Response from Inpatient Hospitals

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dc.contributor.authorMirani, Rajesh
dc.contributor.authorHarpalani, Anju
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-19T21:01:02Z
dc.date.available2017-06-19T21:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates electronic health records (EHR) adoption among inpatient hospitals in response to the first operational year of the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. Profile analysis of public attestation datasets finds both system adoption rates and implemented functionalities to have been significantly influenced by the incentive program’s attributes. Key dates and periods in the program’s well-publicized timeline were usually accompanied by spikes in the number of attested systems and/or dips in advanced functionalities. The implication is that hospitals have responded to the program by swiftly implementing EHR systems with capabilities just sufficient to meet program requirements, in order to be able to promptly file attestations and thus claim their incentive payments. The program therefore appears to have yielded mixed results. While it seems to have induced more hospitals to acquire EHR systems, the implemented systems generally possess minimal functionalities, suggesting that adopters have leveraged the program’s rules in order to maximize their own short-term gains.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rajesh_Mirani/publication/265380579_The_Medicare_Electronic_Health_Records_EHR_Incentive_Program_First_Year_Adoption_Response_from_Inpatient_Hospitals/links/554b7a950cf29752ee7c8b6a/The-Medicare-Electronic-Health-Records-EHR-Incentive-Program-First-Year-Adoption-Response-from-Inpatient-Hospitals.pdfen_US
dc.format.extent15 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2M57M
dc.identifier.citationRajesh, M., & Anju, H. (January 01, 2014). The Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program: First-Year Adoption Response from Inpatient Hospitals. Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 24, 4, 388-401.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1091-9392
dc.identifier.uri10.1080/10919392.2014.956601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/4125
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Baltimore
dc.subjectEHRen_US
dc.subjectelectronic health recordsen_US
dc.subjectEMRen_US
dc.subjectelectronic medical recordsen_US
dc.subjectincentive programsen_US
dc.subjectIT adoption and diffusionen_US
dc.subjectIT implementation and usageen_US
dc.subjectmeaningful useen_US
dc.titleThe Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program: First Year Adoption Response from Inpatient Hospitalsen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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