AJMC December 13, 2016
Daniel M. Walker, PhD, MPH; Arthur M. Mora, PhD, MHA; and Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS

ABSTRACT Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate health information technology (IT) adoption in hospitals participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs) and compare this adoption to non-ACO hospitals. Study Design: A cross-sectional sample of US nonfederal, acute care hospitals with data from 3 matched sources: the 2013 American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey, the 2013 AHA Survey of Care Systems and Payments (CSP), and the 2014 AHA Information Technology Supplement. Methods: To compare health IT adoption in ACO- and non-ACO hospitals, we created measures of Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 1 and Stage 2 core and menu criteria, patient engagement–oriented health IT, and health information exchange (HIE) participation. Adoption was compared using both naïve and multivariate logit models. Results:...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), ACO (Accountable Care), ASC, CMS, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), HIM (Health Inf Mgmt), HITECH, MACRA, Market Research, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, Radiology, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Retail care, Specialist care, Urgent care, Value Based
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