Health Information Technology and Accountable Care Organizations: A Systematic Review and Future Directions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the inception of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), many have acknowledged the potential synergy between ACOs and health information technology (IT) in meeting quality and cost goals.

Objective

We conducted a systematic review of the literature in order to describe what research has been conducted at the intersection of health IT and ACOs and identify directions for future research.

Methods

We identified empirical studies discussing the use of health IT via PubMed search with subsequent snowball reference review. The type of health IT, how health IT was included in the study, use of theory, population, and findings were extracted from each study.

Results

Our search resulted in 32 studies describing the intersection of health IT and ACOs, ma

SUBMITTER: Balio CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625537 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature