Rising health information technology (HIT) adoption and the increasing interoperability of health data have propelled the role of IT in community-wide health transformations. Disseminating the challenges and opportunities that the early adopters of community-wide HIT interventions have experienced is critical for empowering the growing demand for community-based health systems. This special iss...

Numerous studies on the adoption of health information technology (HIT) from various perspectives demands for a conceptual consolidation of knowledge across multiple levels and different landscapes in the field. Employing text mining and network analysis techniques, we conduct an exploratory investigation on the literature of HIT adoption from a socio-technical perspective. We explore the linka...

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 ...

Current research suggests that the rate of adoption of health information technology (HIT) is low, and that HIT may not have the touted beneficial effects on quality of care or costs. The twin issues of the failure of HIT adoption and of HIT efficacy stem primarily from a series of fallacies about HIT. We discuss 12 HIT fallacies and their implications for design and implementation. These falla...

BACKGROUND This paper reports on work carried out to elicit information needs at a trans-disciplinary, nurse-managed health care clinic that serves a medically disadvantaged urban population. The trans-disciplinary model provides a "one-stop shop" for patients who can receive a wide range of services beyond traditional primary care. However, this model of health care presents knowledge sharing ...

introduction: intellectual capitals in an organization are assets that their value is increased over time and with sharing with others. since hospitals are dominant in providing medical services, management of intangible assets could be very important for them. to avoid the waste of costs and efforts, it is necessary to identify the priority and importance of each dimension of intellectual capi...

I n addition to healthcare reform, healthcare providers and their vendors now have to grapple with recently promulgated federal rules regarding privacy and security of health information. Key to the future of the healthcare reform efforts is health information technology (HIT), a broad term that is often used in conjunction with electronic health records (EHRs), mobile health (mHealth), telemed...

In 2005, the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Nursing Informatics Community developed a survey to measure the impact of health information technology (HIT), the I-HIT Scale, on the role of nurses and interdisciplinary communication in hospital settings. In 2007, nursing informatics colleagues from Australia, England, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and the Unite...

OBJECTIVE In this paper we review progress as well as challenges encountered in Canada, the United States and England with regard to ensuring safety of health information technology. METHOD A review of major programs and initiatives for ensuring safety of health information technology in the three countries was conducted. Published literature and Web resources from national programs were revi...

Understanding the use of health information technology (HIT) and its implications is crucial for the future of managed care pharmacy. Information is the cornerstone of providing and managing care, and the ability to exchange data is easier and more complicated than ever before. In this commentary, a subset of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Healthcare Information Technology Advisory Counci...