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61. Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/adverse-drug-events-hospitalized
    January 22, 1997 - Excess length of stay, extra costs, and attributable mortality Authors:  Classen DC, Pestotnik … Purpose of Study:  Estimate utilization costs and mortality due to Adverse Drug Events Years of study … length of stay was 7.69 days for patients with ADEs versus 4.46 days for controls and the mean total cost … attributable excess length of hospitalization was 1.74 days and the mean attributable excess hospital cost … that the occurrence of an ADE was associated with an increased length of 1.91 days and an increased cost

62. Closing the Feedback Loop to Improve Diagnostic Quality - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/closing-feedback-loop-improve-diagnostic-quality/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - For the clinic sites, additional assessments included patient satisfaction and impact on health care costs … (Achieved) 2011 Activities: The 1-year no-cost extension provided the opportunity to complete data … satisfaction results; and a main paper summarizing the whole study and outcomes, including clinical, costs … Cost analyses showed that if a followup system was implemented routinely the expense could be offset … Costs for such followup can be offset by increased patient care revenue, and early followup may avert

63. Implementation of computer-based patient records in primary care: the societal health economic effects | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/implementation-computer-based
    January 01, 1996 - Years of study:  Not Available Study Design:  Cost-benefit analysis Outcomes:  Societal costs and benefits … A cost-consequence analysis was applied to calculate the societal costs related to the EHR implementation … Costs:  The quantified first-year economic effects of the EHR implementation are summarized below. … Unquantified costs include indirect costs due to extra waiting time and non-admission for patients, psychological … Thus the total quantifiable effects are a cost of $2,020,100 SEK.

64. Evaluation | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - challenges remain for HIT adoption, including the definition of "meaningful use", how the additional costs … By itself, the adoption of more health IT is generally not sufficient to produce significant cost savings … Systematic review: impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical … Whether and how other institutions can achieve similar benefits, and at what costs, are unclear. 7. … The likelihood of reducing these costs depends on the extent to which clinicians alter their workflow

65. Economic Analysis of an IT-Assisted Population-Based Cancer Screening Program - Final Report (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs020308-levy-final-report-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Standardized software design could reduce one-time costs and make the intervention more cost-effective … In assessing the cost of the HIT tool, we did not include the hardware and software costs of the existing … The use costs are the cost of staff/clinician time to facilitate cancer screening. … One-time costs were lower for ASC than for TopCare due to the cost of developing the UI on the software … That would tend to lower the cost of the software overall, and reduce the differences in costs between

66. Uhin Healthinsight Roi Worksheet (xls file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/UHIN_HealthInsight_ROI_Worksheet.xls
    October 13, 2009 - results Intro This tool is being provided by UHIN and HealthInsight to help you identify potential cost … This tool can be completed again at a later date to demonstrate cost savings to your organization and … Analysis Report Turn Around Time Process Time in business hours (8 hours=1 day) Sending: From All … item (direct only) Volume / Year Total Indirect costs (per year) FTE Total Yearly Cost 0 0 $0.00 $0.00 … Per item (direct only) Volume / Year Total Indirect costs (per year) FTE Total Yearly Cost 0 0 $0 $0

67. Randeree E et al. 2007 "Exploring physician adoption of EMRs: a multi-case analysis." | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/randeree-e-et-al-2007
    January 01, 2007 - Abstract "The adoption of new technology within healthcare has been promoted as a way to reduce costs … missing; the anticipated downtime was longer than expected and the workflow disruption and maintenance costs … Objective 1) To "look at the actual versus expected costs and benefits that small practices encounter … should be investigated prior to the adoption of EMRs (trust, customizability, supplier presence, and costs

68. Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology - May 2008 (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/CongressionalBudgetOffice.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Total costs for a health IT system include: B The initial fixed cost of the hardware, software, and … cost is the risk of lost privacy. … The Cost of Health IT Systems for Physicians’ Offices Estimating the total cost of implementing health … The Cost of EHR and CPOE Systems for Hospitals A few studies have examined the cost of implementing … Either of those approaches, though, would come at a cost to providers, and that cost would be greatest

69. Closing the Feedback Loop to Improve Diagnostic Quality (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_017060_berner_pdf_3.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - For the clinic sites, additional assessments included patient satisfaction and impact on health care costs … (Achieved) 2011 Activities: The 1-year no-cost extension provided the opportunity to complete data collection … satisfaction results; and a main paper summarizing the whole study and outcomes, including clinical, costs … Cost analyses showed that if a followup system was implemented routinely the expense could be offset … Costs for such followup can be offset by increased patient care revenue, and early followup may avert

70. Return on investment analysis for a computer-based patient record in the outpatient clinic setting | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/return-investment-analysis
    July 01, 2002 - Purpose of Study:  Describe a ROI framework to evaluate the costs and benefits of implementing AEHR systems … Costs:  o The author argued that calculating costs of an AEHR system should consider costs of hardware … , software, network, maintenance, installation and training, and opportunity cost. … Each cost item was described with ramifications in texts but no costing was attempted. … manually researched * 5 minutes/code = 300 hours coding time CPR can virtually eliminate the cost

71. A cost-benefit analysis of electronic medical records in primary care | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/cost-benefit-analysis-electronic
    January 01, 2003 - HIT System Sustainability:  5 years Cost of HIT systems:  System costs include the cost of annual software … of Implementation:  Implementation costs were estimated at $3,400 per provider in the first year that … Long-term Cost:  The estimated initial cost was $13,100 and annual cost for the following 5 years were … predicted that the decision support alters and reminder built in the EHR could decrease healthcare costs … The savings were estimated to outweigh the costs from Year 2 of the EHR implementation.

72. Decreasing Tobacco Related Healthcare Costs Using Interactive Voice Response Technology | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/decreasing-tobacco-related-healthcare-costs-using-interactive
    January 01, 2018 - Decreasing Tobacco Related Healthcare Costs Using Interactive Voice Response Technology Key Finding … Cartmell and her research team at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) wanted to examine the cost-effectiveness … If we can show providing a tobacco cessation program is truly a driver of healthcare utilization and costs … Cartmell examined differences in readmission rates and healthcare costs between TDTS users and those … suggest that an automated, opt-out inpatient TDTS service could decrease readmissions and healthcare costs

73. Continuous speech recognition in MR imaging reporting: advantages, disadvantages, and impact | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/continuous-speech-recognition-mr
    March 01, 2000 - Outcomes:  Accuracy of transcription, utilization, and costs. … Cost of HIT systems:  Approximately $10,000 with $3500 being hardware $4500 being software, $2000 being … Cost of Implementation:  This included having each radiologist undergo an individualized training session … Changes in healthcare costs:  The authors estimate the annual cost of human transcription to be $12,000 … while the equipment cost is $10,000 and maintenance costs were not reported.

74. Prescribing Patterns of Cost-Effective Drugs (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/prescribing-patterns-of-cost-effective-drugs-quick-reference-guide.pdf
    April 01, 2009 - the costs of prescription drug expenditures can help organizations determine whether health IT, in … per person in 2007 for a total of $202 billion in medication expenditures.1 As prescription drug costs … paper, the researchers found that providers using e­prescribing continued to have lower prescription costs … than those who did not over 12 months.4 Providers using e­prescribing had average costs for new prescriptions … Impact of an evidence based computerized decision support system on primary care prescription costs

75. Evaluation of a computer-based decision support system for treatment of hypertension with drugs: retrospective, nonintervention testing of cost and guideline adherence | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/evaluation-computer-based
    January 01, 2000 - support system for treatment of hypertension with drugs: retrospective, nonintervention testing of cost … Outcomes:  Utilization and costs of blood pressure medications. … Changes in healthcare costs:  If the recommendations of the computerized decision support system had … been followed than the yearly drug costs would have been reduced on average 33% to 40%.

76. Health Information Technology in the Nursing Home (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015430-gurwitz-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - are substantial and only modest cost savings can be expected. … Our goal was to produce cost estimates that would be of use to clinicians considering development of … Nevertheless, the total estimated cost is lowered by approximately 30% to $34,200.71. … Costs of activities Activity Category Hours Cost ($) % of total cost Project management 80.25 2,220.17 … Cost savings from implementation of computerized clinical decision support for medication dosing for

77. School-Based Tele-Physiatry Assistance for Rehabilitative and Therapeutic Services (STARS) for Children with Special Health Care Needs Living in Rural and Underserved Communities - Final Report (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs025714%20-marcin-final-report-2023.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - Lastly, for the cost analyses, we compared the hybrid model of care to the in-person model of care from … For our cost analysis, we calculated a “counter-factual” cost by assuming the hybrid model of care encounters … For the second cost comparison, we tested the means of the two groups (in-person vs hybrid) separately … Our cost analysis from the payer’s perspective showed that costs were $100 higher in the in-person model … In our cost analysis of the hybrid model of care, we focused on physician payment cost savings at the

78. Health Information Technology in the Nursing Home - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-nursing-home/annual-summary/2008
    January 01, 2008 - Technology (THQIT) Grant Number R01 HS 015430 Project Period 09/04 – 09/08, Including No-Cost … Costs for developing and implementing the system resulted entirely from personnel time. … are substantial and only modest cost savings can be expected. … By tracking personnel time and expenditures, the cost of developing the clinical decision support system … Drug costs saved over a 12-month period, however, were estimated at only $2,137.

79. Impact of Health Information Technology on Primary Care Workflow and Financial Measures - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-health-information-technology-primary-care-workflow-and-financial/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - ) Grant Number R03 HS 018220 Project Period October 2009 – April 2011, Including No-Cost … ) systems on primary care workflow and financial measures, or about the financial and non-financial costs … Financial costs included those pertaining to purchases of hardware, software, and system resources. … Fleming and his team received a 3 month no-cost extension and the project is on target to complete within … For a five physician practice, implementation cost an estimated $162,000, with $85,500 in maintenance

80. Measuring the benefits of clinical decision support: return on investment | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/measuring-benefits-clinical
    January 01, 2000 - Purpose of Study:  Describe a methodology and illustrate a template for measuring the direct and indirect costs … HIT System:  Critical pathway implementation with decision support Costs:  Five-year cost of information … ), decision support personnel (1.5 FTE), labor costs (development), and monitoring. … The cost for decision support software was not counted. … by 10% for payer mix, cost-saving for those patients covered by at-risk contacts, and cost-saving due