Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records and Medicare Expenditures: Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis of U.S. Health Care Markets, 2010-2013

Health care markets that had steeper increases in EHR penetration during 2010–2013 also had steeper decreases in total Medicare and acute care expenditures per beneficiary.

Assessing HITECH Implementation and Lessons: 5 Years Later

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act set ambitious goals for developing electronic health information as one tool to reform health care delivery and improve health outcomes.

Consumer Engagement in Health IT: Distinguishing Rhetoric from Reality

Policymakers want health information technology (health IT) to support consumer engagement to help achieve national health goals. In this paper, we review the evidence to compare the rhetoric with the reality of current practice.

Geographic Variation in Health IT and Health Care Outcomes: A Snapshot Before the Meaningful Use Incentive Program Began

The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which includes the Meaningful Use (MU) incentive program, was designed to increase the adoption of health information technology (IT) by physicians and hospitals.

How Early Adopting Hospital Systems View the Business Case for Health Information Exchange

This paper summarizes information learned from interviews with six hospital-based systems that are in the forefront of health information exchange efforts with external providers.

Employing Health Information Technology in the Real World to Transform Delivery

The analysis uses qualitative methods to gain practical insight into how policy makers and health system leaders view the connections between HIT and changing healthcare delivery.

Evolving Vendor Market for HITECH-Certified Ambulatory EHR Products

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set ambitious goals for using health information technology (HIT) to improve healthcare delivery.

Obtaining Providers' 'Buy-In' and Establishing Effective Means of Information Exchange Will be Critical to HITECH's Success

This article examines factors influencing the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology, as well as outstanding challenges to the long-term success of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.