Technology, Incentives, or Both? Factors Related to Level of Hospital Health Information Exchange.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether the level of health information exchange (HIE) in U.S. hospitals is related to technology capabilities, incentives to exchange, or both.

Study setting

A total of 1,812 hospitals attesting to stage 2 of Medicare's Meaningful Use Incentive Program through April 2016.

Study design

Hospital-level, multivariate OLS regression with state fixed effects was used to analyze the relationship between technology capability and incentives measures, and percent of care transitions with summary of care records (SCRs) sent electronically to subsequent providers.

Principal findings

Stage 2 hospitals reported sending SCRs electronically for an average of 41 percent (median = 33 percent) of transitions. HIE level is related to four capability measures,

SUBMITTER: Lin SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153171 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature