Levels of Adoption of Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety: Effectiveness and Efficiency

Patient safety, including hospital acquired infections has become one of the major concerns in healthcare delivery in recent years Electronic health records are becoming an integral aspect of the health care delivery Health policies have been looking to improve quality / patient safety and efficiency of healthcare through the adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems Can EHR adoption improve patient safety? Can EHR adoption reduce cost? H1: Patients treated at hospitals with a higher level of EHR adoption are less likely to incur poorer patient safety indicators H2: Patients treated at hospitals with a higher level of EHR adoption are more likely to incur lower costs for their respective patient safety indicator