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University of Alabama at Birmingham

2010

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Information Technology And Quality Of Care In Pediatric Hospitals, Gouri Gupte Jan 2010

Information Technology And Quality Of Care In Pediatric Hospitals, Gouri Gupte

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The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationship between the adoption of information technology by pediatric hospitals and performance on several quality of care measures. This research is aimed at addressing a gap in literature by utilizing a relatively large sample size that examines health information technology adoption across institutions and utilizes validated quality indicators from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The Donabedian evaluation model that encompasses "structure, process, and outcomes" provides the conceptual framework for the organization of this research, selection of variables, and analysis. Three secondary datasets were used, 2005 Information Technology Survey of the …