Findings from Florida Atlantic University Yields New Data on Electronic Medical Records (The Impact of Market Factors On Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records Among Primary Care Providers <i>evidence From Florida Using Resource Dependence …): Information Technology – Electronic Medical Records

2024 JUL 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Information Technology - Electronic Medical Records. According to news reporting originating in Boca Raton, Florida, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Using federal funds from the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services funded the 2011-2021 Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs throughout the country. Identify the market factors associated with Meaningful Use (MU) of EHRs after primary care providers (PCPs) enrolled in the Florida-EHR incentives program through Adopting, Improving, or Upgrading (AIU) an EHR technology.”

Financial support for this research came from National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Florida Atlantic University, “Retrospective cohort study using 2011-2018 program records for 8464 Medicaid providers. MU achievement after first-year incentives. Independent Variables: The resource dependence theory and the information uncertainty perspective were used to generate key-independent variables, including the county’s rurality, educational attainment, poverty, health maintenance organization penetration, and number of PCPs per capita. Analytical Approach: All the county rates were converted into 3 dichotomous measures corresponding to high, medium, and low terciles. Descriptive and bivariate statistics were calculated. A generalized hierarchical linear model was used because MU data were clustered at the county level (level 2) and measured at the practice level (level 1). Overall, 41.9% of Florida Medicaid providers achieved MU after receiving first-year incentives. Rurality was positively associated with MU (P <0.001). Significant differences in MU achievements were obtained when we compared the ‘high’ terciles with the ‘low’ terciles for poverty rates (P=0.002), health maintenance organization penetration rates (P=0.02), and number of PCPs per capita (P=0.01). These relationships were negative.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Policy makers and health care managers should not ignore the contribution of market factors in EHR adoption.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The Impact of Market Factors On Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records Among Primary Care Providers evidence From Florida Using Resource Dependence Theory and Information Uncertainty Perspective. Medical Care, 2024;62(4):256-262. Medical Care can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Medical Care - http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/pages/default.aspx)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Pierre K. Alexandre, Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, Dept. of Management, Hlth Adm Program, Boca Raton, FL, United States. Additional authors for this research include Judith P. Monestime and Kessie Alexandre.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001980. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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