@inproceedings{2fd1535f7129457eb39e47713b5b1b94,
title = "A business case for HIT adoption: Effects of {"}meaningful use{"} EHR financial incentives on clinic revenue",
abstract = "The goal of this study is to describe a framework that allows decision makers to efficiently evaluate factors that affect Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption and test suitable interventions; specifically financial incentives. The United States healthcare delivery system is experiencing a transformation to improve population health. There is strong agreement that {"}meaningful use{"} of Health Information Technology (HIT) is a major enabler in this effort. However it's also understood that the high cost of implementing an EHR is an obstacle for adoption. To help understand these complexities we developed a simulation model designed to capture the dynamic nature of policy interventions that affect the adoption of EHR. We found that {"}Effective{"} use of HIT approaches break-even-point and larger clinic revenue many times faster that {"}average{"} or {"}poor{"} use of HIT. This study uses a systems perspective to the evaluate EHR adoption process through the {"}meaningful use{"} redesign as proposed in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act 2009 in the United States healthcare industry by utilizing the System Dynamics methodology and Scenario Analysis.",
keywords = "Adoption, Care management plus, Care managers, Diffusion, EHR, Electronic health record, Financial incentives, HIT, Health information technology, Meaningful use, National healthcare, Physicians, Policy, Revenue, Scenario analysis, System dynamics",
author = "Behkami, {Nima A.} and Dorr, {David A.} and Stuart Morrice",
year = "2010",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-779",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781607505877",
series = "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics",
publisher = "IOS Press",
number = "PART 1",
pages = "779--783",
booktitle = "Medinfo 2010 - Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Medical Informatics",
edition = "PART 1",
note = "13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, Medinfo 2010 ; Conference date: 12-09-2010 Through 15-09-2010",
}