Demonstrating the Value of Health Information Technology

Jaana M, Ward MM, Paré G, et al. Antecedents of clinical information technology sophistication in hospitals. Health Care Manage Rev 2006 Oct-Dec;31(4):289-99.

Roberts LL, Ely JW, Ward MM. Factors contributing to maternal birth-related trauma. Am J Med Qual 2007 Sep-Oct;22(5):334-43.

Li P, Schneider JE, Ward MM. Effect of critical access hospital conversion on patient safety. Health Serv Res 2007 Dec;42(6 Pt 1):2089-108; discussion 2294-323.

James PA, Li P, Ward MM. Myocardial infarction mortality in rural and urban hospitals: rethinking measures of quality of care. Ann Fam Med 2007 Mar-Apr;5(2):105-11.

Li P, Bahensky JA, Jaana M, et al. Role of multihospital system membership in electronic medical record adoption. Health Care Manage Rev 2008 Apr-Jun;33(2):169-77.

Clabaugh G, Ward MM. Cost-of-illness studies in the United States: a systematic review of methodologies used for direct cost. Value Health 2008 Jan-Feb;11(1):13-21.

Chi CL, Street WN, Ward MM. Building a hospital referral expert system with a prediction and optimization-based decision support system algorithm. J Biomed Inform 2008 Apr;41(2):371-86.

Bahensky JA, Moreau B, Frieden R, et al. Critical access hospital informatics: how two rural Iowa hospitals overcame challenges to achieve IT excellence. J Healthc Inf Manag 2008 Spring;22(2):16-22.

Bahensky JA, Jaana M, Ward MM. Health care information technology in rural America: electronic medical record adoption status in meeting the National agenda. J Rural Health 2008 Spring;24(2):101-5.

Li P, Schneider JE, Ward MM. Converting to critical access status: how does it affect rural hospitals' financial performance? Inquiry 2009 Spring;46(1):46-57.