TY - GEN
T1 - Improving medical decision-making using electronic health record systems
AU - Ben-Assuli, Ofir
AU - Shabtai, Itamar
AU - Leshno, Moshe
AU - Hill, Shawndra
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper evaluates the contribution of an electronic health records (EHR) system to efficient decision-making by physicians, and investigates whether these systems lead to more efficient medical care in emergency departments (ED). Log-files of patient visits and admissions were retrieved from an integrative EHR system that serves seven main hospitals owned by a large health maintenance organization (HMO). This study focused on readmissions within seven days and single-day admissions, problems that concern hospitals around the world. The findings indicate that using an EHR system in the EDs correlates with a decreased number of readmissions within seven days as well as with a reduced number of single-day admissions. The results provide evidence that using EHR system may contribute to efficiency in an ED by assisting decision-making. We believe this is the first data set that investigates the impact of an EHR on hospital efficiency at the scale of HMO.
AB - This paper evaluates the contribution of an electronic health records (EHR) system to efficient decision-making by physicians, and investigates whether these systems lead to more efficient medical care in emergency departments (ED). Log-files of patient visits and admissions were retrieved from an integrative EHR system that serves seven main hospitals owned by a large health maintenance organization (HMO). This study focused on readmissions within seven days and single-day admissions, problems that concern hospitals around the world. The findings indicate that using an EHR system in the EDs correlates with a decreased number of readmissions within seven days as well as with a reduced number of single-day admissions. The results provide evidence that using EHR system may contribute to efficiency in an ED by assisting decision-making. We believe this is the first data set that investigates the impact of an EHR on hospital efficiency at the scale of HMO.
KW - Electronic medical records
KW - Health informatics
KW - Health information exchange
KW - Healthcare information systems
KW - Medical IS
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AN - SCOPUS:84897785725
SN - 9781629934266
T3 - International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design
SP - 2119
EP - 2129
BT - International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013)
T2 - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2013
Y2 - 15 December 2013 through 18 December 2013
ER -