Extrapolating Evidence of Health Information Technology Savings and Costs

Author

Girosi, Federico ; Scoville, Richard ; Meili, Robin C.

Year

2005

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Type

BOOK

Description

Provides the technical details and results of one component of a study to better understand the role and importance of Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR-S) in improving health and reducing healthcare costs--the national-level efficiency savings that would be brought about by using Healthcare Information Technology-and the costs the nation would have to incur to realize those savings.