Hospital organizational strategies associated with advanced EHR adoption.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify organizational complementarities of adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) and assess what organizational strategies were associated with more advanced EHR use.

Data sources

Primary survey data of US hospitals combined with secondary data from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and IT Supplement.

Study design

In this cross-sectional study, we describe hospital organizational practices around EHR adoption and use and identify how these practices coalesce into distinct strategies. We then assess the association between those organizational strategies and adoption of advanced EHR functions.

Data collection

Primary data collection consisted of surveys sent to 797 US acute care hospitals in 2018-2019, with 451 complet

SUBMITTER: Holmgren AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928026 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature