Impact of the meaningful use incentive program on electronic health record adoption by US children's hospitals

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 390-398

  Nakamura, Mari M ^a,b   Harper, Marvin B ^a,c,d   Castro, Allan V ^e   Yu, Feliciano B ^f   Jha, Ashish K ^g,h,i  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Divisions of General Pediatrics   (United States)

^c Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Children's Hospital Association   (United States)

^f ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health policy; Meaningful use; Pediatric hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTRAINDICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; MASS COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEANINGFUL USE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SOCIETIES, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934299048     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocu045     Document Type: Article

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