nep-ict New Economics Papers
on Information and Communication Technologies
Issue of 2013‒07‒20
three papers chosen by
Walter Frisch
University Vienna
  1. Online Citizens, Missing Persons and the Police: Three Case Studies By Weeber, Stan
  2. Adoption of Electronic Health Records Grows Rapidly, But Fewer Than Half of US Hosptials had at Least a Basic System in 2012. By Catherine M. DesRoches; Dustin Charles; Michael F. Furukawa; Maulik S. Joshi; Peter Kralovec; Farzad Mostashari; Chantal Worzala; Ashish K. Jha
  3. Health Information Technology in the United States: Better Information Systems for Better Care, 2013. By Catherine M. DesRoches; Michael W. Painter; Ashish K. Jha
  1. By: Weeber, Stan
    Abstract: The mass mobilization of citizens on the Internet to support both conventional and contentious causes has been adequately documented. The Internet has proven to be a cost effective means to rally timely and widespread support for a topic of interest. Topics addressed by online citizens range from local initiatives to issues of global importance. One mobilization of interest to both social scientists and the public is the movement of online citizens seeking information about missing persons, some believed to be victims of foul play. Left mostly unexplored to date are the types of missing person cases that interest such citizens and the kinds of online tools that these people utilize to keep up with developments on the missing person case of choice. This paper is a preliminary examination of such questions.
    Keywords: online citizens, internet social movements, missing persons, police-community relations
    JEL: Z10
    Date: 2013–07–15
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:48335&r=ict
  2. By: Catherine M. DesRoches; Dustin Charles; Michael F. Furukawa; Maulik S. Joshi; Peter Kralovec; Farzad Mostashari; Chantal Worzala; Ashish K. Jha
    Abstract: This article measured current hospital use of electronic health record (EHR) systems using data from the 2012 health IT supplement to the American Hospital Association’s annual survey. According to the data, 44 percent of hospitals report having at least a basic EHR system, a 17 percent increase from 2011 and a near-tripling of the 2010 adoption rate. Also, large urban hospitals continued to outpace rural and nonteaching hospitals. Although 42.2 percent of all hospitals met all the stage 1 meaningful-use criteria, only 5.1 percent had advanced to stage 2. While considerable progress has been made, findings suggest a need for a focus on hospitals still trailing behind, notably small and rural institutions. This focus is especially important as stage 2 meaningful-use criteria become the rule, and positive incentives are replaced by penalties for noncompliance.
    Keywords: Electronic Health Records, EHRs, Health Information Technology, HIT
    JEL: I
    Date: 2013–07–30
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mpr:mprres:7826&r=ict
  3. By: Catherine M. DesRoches; Michael W. Painter; Ashish K. Jha
    Keywords: HIT, Health Information Technology, Health Care, United States
    JEL: I
    Date: 2013–07–02
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mpr:mprres:7825&r=ict
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