Changes to the electronic health records market in light of health information technology certification and meaningful use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health information technology (HIT) certification and meaningful use are interventions encouraging the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in the USA. However, these initiatives also constitute a significant intervention which will change the structure of the EHR market.

Objective

To describe quantitatively recent changes to both the demand and supply sides of the EHR market.

Materials and methods

A cohort of 3447 of hospitals from the HIMSS Analytics Database (2006-10) was created. Using hospital referral regions to define the local market, we determined the percentage of hospitals using paper records, the number of vendors, and local EHR vendor competition using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Changes over time were assessed using a series of reg

SUBMITTER: Vest JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3638173 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature