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Electronic Medical Records In Acute Care Hospitals: Correlates, Efficiency, And Quality, Abby Jo Swanson Jan 2006

Electronic Medical Records In Acute Care Hospitals: Correlates, Efficiency, And Quality, Abby Jo Swanson

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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the organizational and environmental correlates of hospital EMR use and to examine the relationship between hospital EMR use and performance. Using a theoretical framework that combines resource dependence theory with Donabedian's structure, process, outcome model, a conceptual model is created. To test the hypotheses of this model, logistic regression and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) are used. The data included in this analysis come from the AHA, HIMSS, CMS, ARF, and HQA. In the analysis of hospitals correlates of EMR use, three hypotheses were supported, and one was partially supported. Hospital system affiliation, …