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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219961703321

Autore

Girosi Federico

Titolo

Extrapolating evidence of health information technology savings and costs / / Federico Girosi, Robin Meili, Richard Scoville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Health, 2005

ISBN

9786612282843

9781282282841

1282282840

9780833040992

0833040995

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MeiliRobin

ScovilleRichard P

Disciplina

651.5/04261

Soggetti

Medical records - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MG-410."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-94).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Scaling Up and Projecting Savings into the Future; Typical Scenario for National-Level Savings; Literature Search and Empirical Findings on Savings; Chapter Three - Estimating the Benefits of HIT; Outpatient; Inpatient; Summary of Savings at the National Level; Quantifying Uncertainty in Savings Estimates; Chapter Four - Estimating the cost of HIT; Inpatient; Outpatient; Chapter Five - Simulation of Financial Incentives; Modeling Subsidies to Hospitals

Modeling Per-Encounter Incentives for the Outpatient SettingModeling a Price Change; Chapter Six - Conclusion and Summary; Appendix A - Taxonomies; Appendix B - A Note on Transaction and Administrative Costs; Appendix C - Cost of Connectivity; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Provides the technical details and results of one component of a study to better understand the role and importance of Electronic Medical Record Systems in improving health and reducing healthcare costs - the national-level efficiency savings that would be brought about by using Healthcare Information Technology.