The state and pattern of health information technology adoption
By: Kateryna Fonkych, Roger Taylor
Contributors: Taylor, Roger, MD; Rand Corporation
Publisher: Rand Corp.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Health services administration -- Information technology; Medical care -- Information technology
Description: Helps focus the policy agenda for incentives to speed Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) adoption by estimating the current level and pattern of HIT adoption in the different types of healthcare organizations, according to information the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)-Dorenfest database, and evaluates factors that affect this diffusion process, using existing empirical studies and regression analysis.
Notes: "MG-409."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52)
Table of contents: title: Literature findings on the factors of HIT adoption and on the influence of HIT; title: Estimates of current HIT adoption and of HIT diffusion; title: Factors related to HIT adoption; title: Summary of results and conclusions