Assessing the cost of electronic health records: a review of cost indicators

We systematically reviewed PubMed and EBSCO business, looking for cost indicators of electronic health record (EHR) implementations and their associated benefit indicators. We provide a set of the most common cost and benefit (CB) indicators used in the EHR literature, as well as an overall estimate...

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Published inTelemedicine journal and e-health Vol. 16; no. 9; p. 963
Main Authors Gallego, Ana Isabel, Gagnon, Marie-Pierre, Desmartis, Marie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2010
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Colombia
Computers - economics
Computers - statistics & numerical data
Cost Savings - standards
Cost Savings - statistics & numerical data
Costs and Cost Analysis - economics
Costs and Cost Analysis - statistics & numerical data
Decision Making
Electronic Health Records - economics
Electronic Health Records - statistics & numerical data
Global Health
Health Care Costs - standards
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Software - economics
Software - statistics & numerical data
Canada
Colombia
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Summary:We systematically reviewed PubMed and EBSCO business, looking for cost indicators of electronic health record (EHR) implementations and their associated benefit indicators. We provide a set of the most common cost and benefit (CB) indicators used in the EHR literature, as well as an overall estimate of the CB related to EHR implementation. Overall, CB evaluation of EHR implementation showed a rapid capital-recovering process. On average, the annual benefits were 76.5% of the first-year costs and 308.6% of the annual costs. However, the initial investments were not recovered in a few studied implementations. Distinctions in reporting fixed and variable costs are suggested.
ISSN:1556-3669
DOI:10.1089/tmj.2010.0014