ArticleHealth services research2018
Meaningful Use and Hospital Performance on Post-Acute Utilization Indicators.
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- Electronic health records systems and hospital clinical performance: a study of nationwide hospital data.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Article
- Is duration of hospital participation in meaningful use associated with value in Medicare?JAMIA open · 2019Article
- Using Health IT to Coordinate Care and Improve Quality in Safety-Net Clinics.Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety · 2018Article
- Hospital participation in Meaningful Use and racial disparities in readmissions.The American journal of managed care · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine trends in hospital post-acute utilization indicators and to determine whether improvement in these indicators is associated with attesting to meaningful use (MU). DATA SOURCES: Medicare claims-based, repeated measures on 30-day hospital-wide all-cause readmission and emergency department (ED) utilization rates for 160 short-stay hospitals (2009-2012); Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payments files (2011-2012); and other hospital and market data. STUDY
designInterrupted time series with concurrent comparison group. PRINCIPAL
findingsPropensity score-weighted multilevel models for change demonstrate that 30-day readmission rates (unadjusted) fell from 13.4 percent in 2009 to 12.1 percent in 2012. Similarly, 30-day ED utilization declined from 18.9 percent to 17.3 percent during the same period. However, MU and non-MU hospitals were indistinguishable vis-à-vis performance. Controlling for hospital and market characteristics, MU was unrelated to 30-day readmission. In contrast, 30-day ED utilization deteriorated.
conclusionsHospitals with MU Stage 1 designation did not show significantly higher improvement on post-acute utilization compared to their counterparts without. To achieve gains in quality and safety, potentially associated with EHRs, and to advance care coordination and patient engagement, the regulators should strengthen accountability by linking comprehensive, outcomes-based performance measures to specific MU objectives.
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