A cost-benefit analysis of electronic medical records in primary care.

By Samuel J. Wang, Blackford Middleton, L. Prosser, Christiana Bardon, C. Spurr, Patricia J Carchidi, Anne F. Kittler, R. Goldszer, D. Fairchild, A. Sussman and 2 more. American Journal of Medicine, 2003

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Subfields: Health Information Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Social Contagion and Information Technology Diffusion: The Adoption of Electronic Medical Records in U.S. Hospitals (2010, background): “Though some benefits of ownership will accrue to the owners of standalone EMRs (Schmitt and Wofford 2002, Wang et al. 2003), exponential value is expected when EMRs are linked across care providers, allowing the seamless transfer of medical information (Hillestad et al. 2005, Pan et al. 2004).”
White paper: A Roadmap for National Action on Clinical Decision Support (2007, background): “For medications, this effect on use might include suggesting brand to generic substitutions for medications; alternative, more cost-effective therapies, or more formulary compliant drug options (Teich et. al., 1999; Fischer et. al., 2003; Wang et al., 2003).”
Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/Health Care Partnership (2005, background): “…to improvements in the quality, safety, and patient-centeredness of care, the health care sector remains woefully underinvested in these technologies (Casalino et al., 2003; DOC, 1999; IOM, 2004c; Littlejohns et al., 2003; Pestotnik et al., 1996; Walker et al., 2005; Wang et al., 2003).”
Position Paper: Factors and Forces Affecting EHR System Adoption: Report of a 2004 ACMI Discussion (2004, background): “The greatest barrier overall by far in this setting is that physicians and practices have to make the initial investment, but only about 10% of the benefit accrues to them.(12,13) If the greatest financial rewards will be reaped by payers, liability carriers, health care systems, and patients, then ”
Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Review and Directions for Future Research (2019, background): “Traditional medical records are paper-based, and it is tedious to keep track of chronological evolution of patient’s health status [82].”