Using Health IT to Coordinate Care and Improve Quality in Safety-Net Clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health centers provide care to vulnerable and high-need populations. Recent investments have promoted use of health information technology (HIT) capabilities for improving care coordination and quality of care in health centers. This study examined factors associated with use of these HIT capabilities and the association between these capabilities and quality of care in a census of health centers in the United States.

Methods

Cross-sectional secondary data from the 2015 Health Resources and Services Administration's Uniform Data System was used to examine 6 measures of HIT capability related to care coordination and clinical decision support and 16 measures of quality (12 process measures, 3 outcome measures, 1 composite measure) for health centers in the United S

SUBMITTER: Kranz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996474 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature