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Functional gaps in attaining a national health information network.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Kaushal, R; Bates, DW; Poon, EG; Jha, AK; Blumenthal, D; Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement NHIN Working Group
Published in: Health affairs (Project Hope)
September 2005

We describe the health information technology (HIT) required for a model of a national health information network (NHIN). Specifically, we define the functional HIT capabilities of an attainable NHIN and determine the gap between the current state of HIT and its likely state in five years, given current trends of adoption. Administrative functionalities will be more prevalent than clinical functionalities in five years. Smaller stakeholders, such as home health care agencies, will lag in adoption. Policy changes, such as financial incentives to HIT end users or regulatory measures, may help accelerate the adoption of HIT for a model NHIN.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Health affairs (Project Hope)

DOI

EISSN

1544-5208

ISSN

0278-2715

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1281 / 1289

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Information Management
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Diffusion of Innovation
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Kaushal, R., Bates, D. W., Poon, E. G., Jha, A. K., Blumenthal, D., & Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement NHIN Working Group. (2005). Functional gaps in attaining a national health information network. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 24(5), 1281–1289. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.24.5.1281
Kaushal, Rainu, David W. Bates, Eric G. Poon, Ashish K. Jha, David Blumenthal, and Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement NHIN Working Group. “Functional gaps in attaining a national health information network.Health Affairs (Project Hope) 24, no. 5 (September 2005): 1281–89. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.24.5.1281.
Kaushal R, Bates DW, Poon EG, Jha AK, Blumenthal D, Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement NHIN Working Group. Functional gaps in attaining a national health information network. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2005 Sep;24(5):1281–9.
Kaushal, Rainu, et al. “Functional gaps in attaining a national health information network.Health Affairs (Project Hope), vol. 24, no. 5, Sept. 2005, pp. 1281–89. Epmc, doi:10.1377/hlthaff.24.5.1281.
Kaushal R, Bates DW, Poon EG, Jha AK, Blumenthal D, Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement NHIN Working Group. Functional gaps in attaining a national health information network. Health affairs (Project Hope). 2005 Sep;24(5):1281–1289.

Published In

Health affairs (Project Hope)

DOI

EISSN

1544-5208

ISSN

0278-2715

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1281 / 1289

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Information Management
  • Health Policy & Services
  • Diffusion of Innovation
  • 4407 Policy and administration
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1402 Applied Economics
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services