EHR Intelligence December 16, 2016
ACOs used health information exchanges and patient engagement health IT for their EHR use more than non-ACOs.
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) tend to have stronger health IT and EHR use than non-ACOs, suggesting that the incentives in those care models foster higher quality care than others, says a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
The research team sought to compare how ACOs and non-ACOs use health IT. Because both types of healthcare organizations are working with different sets of policy requirements, the researchers hypothesized that they would use the technology in different ways.
“Although ACO incentives are not directly tied to health IT adoption, many experts believe that providers participating in ACOs must possess robust health IT...
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