Book
International Medical Graduates and Health Information Technology Use in the United States
| Τίτλος: | International Medical Graduates and Health Information Technology Use in the United States |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Mazurenko, Olena, Gupte, Gouri, Yeager, Valerie A. |
| Πηγή: | Advances in Health Care Management ISBN: 9781780528588 |
| Στοιχεία εκδότη: | Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012. |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2012 |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Male, Medical Informatics/Statistics & Numerical Data, Medical records â€' Data processing, Electronic Health Records/Utilization, 02 engineering and technology, Health information technology, United States, 3. Good health, Health and Medical Administration, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Physicians, 8. Economic growth, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Electronic Health Records, Humans, Female, Information storage and retrieval systems â€' Medical care, Foreign Medical Graduates, Health Services Administration, Medical Informatics |
| Περιγραφή: | Health information technology (HIT) holds promise for improving the quality of health care and reducing health care system inefficiencies. Numerous studies have examined HIT availability, specifically electronic health records (EHRs), and utilization among physicians in individual countries. However, no one has examined EHR use among physicians who train in one country and move to practice in another country. In the United States, physicians who complete medical school outside the country but practice within the United States are commonly referred to as International Medical Graduates (IMGs). IMGs have a growing presence in the United States, yet little is known about the availability and use of HIT among these physicians. The purpose of this study is to explore the availability and use of HIT among IMGs practicing in United States.The Health Tracking Physician Survey (2008) was used to examine the relationship between availability and use of HIT and IMG status controlling for several physician and practice characteristics. Our analysis included responses from 4,720 physicians, 20.7% of whom were IMGs.Using logistic regression, controlling for physician gender, specialty, years in practice, practice type, ownership status and geographical location, we found IMGs were significantly less likely to have a comprehensive EHR in their practices (OR = 0.84; p = 0.005). In addition, findings indicate that IMGs are more likely to have and use several so-called first generation HIT capabilities, such as reminders for clinicians about preventive services (OR = 1.31; p = 0.001) and other needed patient follow-up (OR = 1.26; p = 0.007).This study draws attention to the need for further research regarding barriers to HIT adoption and use among IMGs. |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | Part of book or chapter of book Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1108/s1474-8231(2012)0000012010 |
| Σύνδεσμος πρόσβασης: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22894048 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S1474-8231(2012)0000012010/full/html http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/22894048 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/community_health_sciences_fac_articles/181/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22894048 |
| Rights: | Emerald Insight TDM |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsair.doi.dedup.....91c1326afa5fb0099e8cce883d6a9d17 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | OpenAIRE |
| DOI: | 10.1108/s1474-8231(2012)0000012010 |
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