Effects of Health Information Technology on Malpractice Insurance Premiums
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Effects of Health Information Technology on Malpractice Insurance Premiums
OBJECTIVES The widespread adoption of health information technology (IT) will help contain health care costs by decreasing inefficiencies in healthcare delivery. Theoretically, health IT could lower hospitals' malpractice insurance premiums (MIPs) and improve the quality of care by reducing the number and size of malpractice. This study examines the relationship between health IT investment and...
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[This corrects the article on p. 118 in vol. 21, PMID: 25995964.].
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عنوان ژورنال: Healthcare Informatics Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2093-3681,2093-369X
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2015.21.2.118