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September 5, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on the Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to qualify as meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs) and receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
June 9, 2011 | Issue Brief
Data show patients with electronic health records receive more recommended care.
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.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This research concluded that federal policies which encourage "meaningful use" of electronic health records may improve the quality of care across insurance types.
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.
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.
July 1, 2009 | Program Result
The Health Research and Educational Trust collected and integrated information on patients' race/ethnicity, primary language and socioeconomic status into an electronic health record system, and linked that information with clinical performance measures.
April 20, 2009 | Program Result
Mathematica Policy Research conducted three focus groups with African Americans and Latinos to gauge their knowledge of and thoughts about personal health records.