Health Information Technology (HIT) and Quality Health Care

Research Forecasting for Health Information Technology (HIT), using technology intelligence

Article history: Received 10 May 2010 Received in revised form 6 July 2011 Accepted 13 August 2011 Available online 15 September 2011 Due to the rapidpaceof change in technologyand its impactonsociety, there is an increasingdemand for use of Technology Forecasting methods to improve policy planning and implementation. One such area is the field of Health Care and the impact of Health Informatio...

Health information technology knowledge and skills needed by HIT employers.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the health information technology (HIT) workforce knowledge and skills needed by HIT employers. METHODS Statewide face-to-face and online focus groups of identified HIT employer groups in Austin, Brownsville, College Station, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio, and webinars for rural health and nursing informatics. RESULTS HIT employers reported needing an ...

Using Information Technology To Improve the Quality of Health Care

he quality of health care is ultimately judged by the impact of specific health services on the patient’s health status.1 Improving quality involves identifying and using health services that, when properly executed, produce the greatest improvement in health status. The most direct contribution that information technology can make to improving the quality of health care is to provide the clini...

Using Information Technology To Improve the Quality of Health Care

he quality of health care is ultimately judged by the impact of specific health services on the patient’s health status.1 Improving quality involves identifying and using health services that, when properly executed, produce the greatest improvement in health status. The most direct contribution that information technology can make to improving the quality of health care is to provide the clini...

Rhode Island physicians' health information technology (HIT) use, 2009-2011.