Adverse inpatient outcomes during the transition to a new electronic health record system: observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

 To assess the short term association of inpatient implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) with patient outcomes of mortality, readmissions, and adverse safety events.

Design

 Observational study with difference-in-differences analysis.

Setting

 Medicare, 2011-12.

Participants

 Patients admitted to 17 study hospitals with a verifiable "go live" date for implementation of inpatient EHRs during 2011-12, and 399 control hospitals in the same hospital referral region.

Main outcome measures

 All cause readmission within 30 days of discharge, all cause mortality within 30 days of admission, and adverse safety events as defined by the patient safety for selected indicators (PSI)-90 composite measure among Medicare beneficiaries admitted to

SUBMITTER: Barnett ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4964115 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature