He frequently presents on the ethical, legal, and social implications of information technology for attorneys, physicians, and other health professionals.
The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which includes the Meaningful Use (MU) incentive program, was designed to increase the adoption of health information technology (IT) by physicians and hospitals.
Studies of health information technology adoption in physicians' offices and hospitals throughout the country also revealed slow uptake by 2008 [8, 9].
Respondents were recruited who were involved in the medication reconciliation planning process, selected from: pharmacy directors, chiefs of staff, nurse managers, quality improvement managers, information technology representatives, and physicians with administrative roles.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of introducing health information technology (HIT) on physician-patient interactions during outpatient visits.
Previous studies have shown that remuneration model, team structure, information technology infrastructure, and physician panel size all have an impact on quality of care [ 7, 33- 35].
One approach to counteract these developments might be to reduce primary care physicians' workload supported by the use of health information technology (HIT) and non-physician practice staff.
Moreover, effective information technology systems can save physicians valuable hours in prescribing, note-taking and communicating with staff or patients.
Therefore, we developed and pilot-tested a health information technology tool to help physicians and patients better understand these two risks [ 12].
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