Association of the Meaningful Use Electronic Health Record Incentive Program With Health Information Technology Venture Capital Funding.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has accelerated electronic health record (EHR) adoption since its passage, clinician satisfaction with EHRs remains low, and the association of HITECH with health care information technology (IT) entrepreneurship has remained largely unstudied.

Objective

To determine whether the passage of the HITECH Act was associated with an increase in key measures of health care IT entrepreneurship.

Design, setting, and participants

This economic evaluation of venture capital (VC) activity in the US from 2000 to 2019 examined funding trends in health care IT, EHR-related companies, and all VC investments before and after the passage of HITECH. A difference-in-differences analysis co

SUBMITTER: Lite S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093764 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature