Improving health and reducing costs through information technology

Information Technology Outsourcing: Reducing Costs or knowledge?

Improving Sickle Cell Transitions of Care Through Health Information Technology.

INTRODUCTION Transitions between inpatient and outpatient care and pediatric to adult care are associated with increased mortality for sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. As accurate and timely sharing of health information is essential during transitions, a health information technology (HIT)-enabled tool holds promise to improve care transitions. METHODS From 2012 through 2014, the team con...

Reducing administrative costs and improving the health care system.

1875 require treatment. CMS recognizes the importance of random variation and the need for actuarially stable populations in its Medicare Shared Savings Program, in which organizations cannot participate unless they serve at least 5000 beneficiaries. The bundled-payment initiative sets no such limits, and medium-sized hospitals typically have 100 to 200 cases for their highest-volume types of M...

Information Technology and Switching Costs Information Technology and Switching Costs

Switching costs, the real or perceived cost of changing product providers, has become increasingly important in information-intensive businesses. Reduced search and transactions costs have made it possible for customers to more readily evaluate alternative suppliers, increasing switching. At the same time, the high fixed cost structure of customer acquisition and operations in information-inten...

Improving patient safety through information technology.

Health information technology (HIT) is generally accepted as the solution for the nation's medical error crisis. Although limited studies suggest the importance of using HIT in the process of medication management, research has failed to adequately describe how HIT actually works in capturing medication error data and improving patient safety within a healthcare system.1-3 The aim of our study ...