A statewide assessment of electronic health record adoption and health information exchange among nursing homes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine rates of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange (HIE) among New York State (NYS) nursing homes.

Data sources/study setting

Primary data collected from a novel survey administered between November 2011 and March 2012 to all NYS nursing homes.

Study design

We used a cross-sectional study design to assess level of EHR implementation, automation of key functionalities, participation in HIE, and barriers to adoption.

Data collection/extraction methods

We used descriptive statistics to characterize rates of EHR adoption and participation in HIE and logistic regression to identify nursing home characteristics associated with EHR adoption and HIE.

Principal findings

We received responses from 375 of 632 nur

SUBMITTER: Abramson EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3925407 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature