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January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spurred adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States, through such measures as financial incentives to providers through Medicare and Medicaid and regional extension centers, which provide ongoing technical assistance to practices.
August 30, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, and Mathematica Policy Research produced reports and journal articles on the adoption and use of electronic health record systems among physicians and hospitals.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Treating chronic disease among children requires advanced tools to manage information and support decision-making. This article reports on a federally-funded study that assessed the prevalence of electronic health records in children's hospitals.
January 27, 2011 | Program Result
The Health Insurance Reform Project advanced the development of a rapid learning health system - involving millions of health records in searchable national databases - to fill knowledge gaps about health care and develop better health care policies.
August 26, 2010 | Journal Article
Promoting the adoption and use of health information technology (HIT) is a major priority for U.S. policy-makers as a means of managing health care costs and improving quality.
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study examined electronic health record adoption in U.S. hospitals and the relationship to quality and efficiency.
March 26, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined all acute care member hospitals of the American Hospital Association to determine how many used Electronic Health Records (EHR), and examined specific characteristics to help identify barriers and facilitators to EHR adoption.
June 30, 2009 | Video/Story
Patients are empowered when they have information about their test results, medicines and the effectiveness of various treatments.
March 25, 2009 | News Release/Video
Contrary to conventional wisdom, only a tiny fraction of U.S. hospitals have full health information technology (HIT) systems in place to improve how they deliver care, says the New England Journal of Medicine in the March 26 online edition.
September 17, 2012 | Program Result
From late 2008 through 2011, the team from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) built a biorepository to support studies of genetic and environmental contributors to many common diseases.