The Effect of IT Capital on Hospital Efficiency
Posted: 28 Jun 2007
Abstract
The academic literature on hospital information technology is relatively sparse despite its important implications for hospital management, with only limited empirical evidence linking implementation of hospital IT systems with improvements in health care quality, financial and operational performance. This study aims to corroborate the observational evidence by using a cost function estimation approach to examine the impact of IT capital investments on hospital cost efficiency.
Keywords: health information technology, administrative applications, clinical applications
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Michael Gene Housman (Contact Author)
University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department ( email )
3641 Locust Walk
Colonial Penn Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6358
United States
215-681-6955 (Phone)
Lorin M. Hitt
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department ( email )
571 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
United States
215-898-7730 (Phone)
215-898-3664 (Fax)
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