Associations between Florida counties' COVID-19 case and death rates and meaningful use among Medicaid providers: Cross-sectional ecologic study.

ABSTRACT: Although the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has accelerated adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) among Medicaid providers, only half achieved Meaningful Use. Furthermore, Meaningful Use' impact on reporting and/or clinical outcomes remains unknown. To address this deficit, we assessed the difference between Medicaid providers who did and did not achieve Meaningful Use regarding Florida county-level cumulative COVID-19 death, case and case fatality rates (CFR), accounting for county-level demographics, socioeconomic and clinical markers, and healthcare environment. We found that cumulative incidence rates of COVID-19 deaths and CFRs were significantly different between the 5025 Medicaid providers not achieving Meaningful Use and the 3723

SUBMITTER: Freeman K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9931361 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature