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ArticleYearbook of medical informatics2016

The Virtuous Circles of Clinical Information Systems: a Modern Utopia.

P Degoulet

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P DegouletPatrice Degoulet, Laboratoire de Santé Publique et Informatique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes et INSERM, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France, E-mail: patrice.degoulet@aphp.fr.

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Abstract

contextClinical information systems (CIS) are developed with the aim of improving both the efficiency and the quality of care.

objectiveThis position paper is based on the hypothesis that such vision is partly a utopian view of the emerging eSociety.

methodsExamples are drawn from 15 years of experience with the fully integrated Georges Pompidou University Hospital (HEGP) CIS and temporal data series extracted from the data warehouses of Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) acute care hospitals which share the same administrative organization as HEGP. Three main virtuous circles are considered: user satisfaction vs. system use, system use vs. cost efficiency, and system use vs quality of care.

resultsIn structural equation models (SEM), the positive bidirectional relationship between user satisfaction and use was only observed in the early HEGP CIS deployment phase (first four years) but disappeared in late post-adoption (≥8 years). From 2009 to 2013, financial efficiency of 20 AP-HP hospitals evaluated with stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) models diminished by 0.5% per year. The lower decrease of efficiency observed between the three hospitals equipped with a more mature CIS and the 17 other hospitals was of the same order of magnitude than the difference observed between pediatric and non-pediatric hospitals. Outcome quality benefits that would bring evidence to the system use vs. quality loop are unlikely to be obtained in a near future since they require integration with population-based outcome measures including mortality, morbidity, and quality of life that may not be easily available.

conclusionBarriers to making the transformation of the utopian part of the CIS virtuous circles happen should be overcome to actually benefit the emerging eSociety.

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Hospital AdministrationHospital Information SystemsMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedAttitude to ComputersConsumer BehaviorEfficiency, OrganizationalHumansQuality of Health CareSurveys and QuestionnairesUtopiasacceptance modelsEvaluation of clinical information systemsinformation system success criteriaoutcome researchreturn on investment

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PMCPMC5171543

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