The impact of health information technology adoption by outpatient facilities on pregnancy outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Examine whether health information technology (HIT) at nonhospital facilities (NHFs) improves health outcomes and decreases resource use at hospitals within the same heath care network, and whether the impact of HIT varies as providers gain experience using the technologies.

Data sources

Administrative claims data on 491,832 births in Pennsylvania during 1998-2004 from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council and HIT applications data from the Dorenfest Institute.

Study design

Fixed-effects regression analysis of the impact of HIT at NHFs on adverse birth outcomes and resource use.

Principal findings

Greater use of clinical HIT applications by NHFs is associated with reduced incidence of obstetric trauma and preventable complications, as

SUBMITTER: Deily ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3589955 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature