TY - GEN
T1 - Performance impacts of medication management systems
T2 - 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43
AU - Spaulding, Trent J.
AU - Furukawa, Michael F.
AU - Santanam, Raghu
PY - 2010/5/7
Y1 - 2010/5/7
N2 - This study examined two issues related to the medication management process, which includes prescribing, dispensing and administration. First, what is the effect of the extent of automation within the process on costs, revenues and quality? Second, does integration of systems as modeled by the business process also have an effect on costs, revenues and quality? Our dataset included more than 4,000 U.S. hospitals. We found that the level of automation of the medication processes had a positive relationship with revenues and quality. We also found that integration of systems had a negative relationship with pharmacy labor costs. This study provides a foundation for future research in strategies of process automation as well as evidence for healthcare decision makers and policy makers on the business value of health IT.
AB - This study examined two issues related to the medication management process, which includes prescribing, dispensing and administration. First, what is the effect of the extent of automation within the process on costs, revenues and quality? Second, does integration of systems as modeled by the business process also have an effect on costs, revenues and quality? Our dataset included more than 4,000 U.S. hospitals. We found that the level of automation of the medication processes had a positive relationship with revenues and quality. We also found that integration of systems had a negative relationship with pharmacy labor costs. This study provides a foundation for future research in strategies of process automation as well as evidence for healthcare decision makers and policy makers on the business value of health IT.
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2010.303
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2010.303
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951730461
SN - 9780769538693
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
BT - Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43
Y2 - 5 January 2010 through 8 January 2010
ER -