Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2005
Abstract
Despite promotion as a national objective, information technology remains relatively underutilized in US healthcare. To better understand this reluctance by physicians to implement technology that will arguably improve the efficiency and effectiveness of American healthcare, we studied fifteen family medical practices - interviewing decision makers about the adoption of electronic health record systems. A resulting conceptual model provides a pragmatic explanation of the variables that influence adoption. Prior adoption theories that rely upon intention to use as a predictor of adoption proved inadequate to our purpose. These theories tend to ignore the decision to acquire technology--the heart of the EHR adoption issue. Findings include the observation that incentives are unnecessary for widespread EHR adoption to occur within the government's guideline due to physician demographics and predictable circumstances fostering adoption.
Keywords
medical records--access control, electronic records
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Wright, Edward W., "The Rx for Electronic health Care Records: Time, Not Incentives" (2005). Student Scholarship. 489.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/489