Open AccessThe Role of Health Information Technology in Care Coordination in the United States
Author(s) -
Chun-Ju Hsiao,
Jennifer King,
Esther Hing,
Alan E. Simon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000276
Subject(s) - receipt , health information technology , patient portal , medicine , health care , family medicine , electronic health record , health information exchange , medical emergency , medline , health information national trends survey , health information , business , accounting , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Examine the extent to which office-based physicians in the United States receive patient health information necessary to coordinate care across settings and determine whether receipt of information needed to coordinate care is associated with use of health information technology (HIT) (defined by presence or absence of electronic health record system and electronic sharing of information).