The relationship between healthcare information system and cost in hospital

    Authors

    K. Lee; T. T. H. Wan;H. Kwon

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Cell Death Differ.

    Keywords

    Healthcare information system; Total expense; Structural equation model; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY; TECHNOLOGY; ADOPTION; BENEFITS; QUALITY; Computer Science, Information Systems; Telecommunications

    Abstract

    This study was purposed to study the relationship between healthcare information system (HIS) and cost in hospital. It also analyzed which organizational factors affect the adoption of information system in hospitals. The study included 577 hospitals in the statistical analysis. The HIS was measured by three indicators, which is based on the number of application systems in three core hospital functions (administration, management, and clinical). American Hospital Association and Dorenfest IHDS were merged to create sample data. Structural equation modeling was applied to estimate the parameters of the model. HIS is negatively associated with the total expense. However, it was not statistically significant. The internal variables of hospitals such as location, size, and system hospital variables were significantly related to the extent of HIS adoption.

    Journal Title

    Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

    Volume

    Pers. Ubiquitous Comput.

    Issue/Number

    7

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1395

    Last Page

    1400

    WOS Identifier

    17

    ISSN

    1617-4909

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