What does the evidence show with respect to the costs and benefits of inter-operable electronic HIT data exchange for providers and payers/purchasers?
What is a framework that could be used in this study to describe levels/bundles of EHR functionality and to estimate the costs and benefits by such levels/bundles of functionality by payer/purchaser and percentage of provider penetration?
What knowledge or evidence deficits exist regarding needed information to support estimates of cost, benefit and net value with regard to HIT systems? Discuss gaps in research, including specific areas that should be addressed, and suggest possible public and private organizational types to perform the research and/or analysis.
What critical cost/benefit information is required by decision makers (at various levels) in order to give a clear understanding of HIT Systems value proposition particular to them?
What analytic methods (e.g., sources of data, algorithms, etc.) could be used to produce evidence of the costs and benefits within and across health care provider settings, payers/purchasers, and cumulatively across the health care delivery continuum and payers, of deploying electronic health information technology functions examined in this study?
What are the barriers that health care providers and health care systems encounter that limit implementation of electronic health information systems?
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