Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little research has been conducted about the quality, benefits, costs, and financial considerations associated with health information technology (HIT), particularly informatics technologies, such as e-prescribing, from the perspective of all its stakeholders.
OBJECTIVES: This research effort sought to identify the stakeholders involved in e-prescribing and to identify and rank-order the positives and the negatives from the perspective of the stakeholders to create a framework to assist in the development of incentives and payment mechanisms which result in better managed care.
METHODS: The Delphi method was employed by enlisting a panel of experts. They were presented with the results of initial research in an online survey of questions which sought to prioritize the quality, benefit, cost, and financial effects of e-prescribing from the perspective of each stakeholder. From the results of this study, a framework was presented to framework experts.
RESULTS: The experts added stakeholders and positives and negatives to the initial lists and rank-ordered the positives and negatives of e-prescribing from the perspective of each stakeholder. The aggregate results were summarized by category of stakeholder. The framework experts evaluated the framework.
CONCLUSIONS: Positives and negatives can be rank-ordered from the perspective of each stakeholder. A useful framework was created.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 69-75 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
Volume | 241 |
State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
Keywords
- care teams
- Delphi method
- e-prescribing
- frameworks
- Health information technology
- informatics
- managed care
- quality
- stakeholders
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Informatics
- Health Information Management