Bamajboor, Mohammed S.. Factors associated with the adoption and use of open source electronic health records in the United States. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3BZ6864
DescriptionThe aim of this study is to examine the prevalence and usage of Open Source Software (OSS), and it is adoption by healthcare providers in the United States, along with the factors influencing or inhibiting this adoption process. Moreover, exploring characteristics of healthcare provider systems that associated with the adoption of HIT, with a focus on open source EHR. The study research questions includes: • What types of OSS products that healthcare providers use? • What is the extent of OSS adoption in healthcare providers? • What factors promoting or inhibiting the adoption of OSS products in healthcare providers? • What is the adoption trend of OSS in the past years? • Do OSS applications benefit from the government incentives programs such as Meaningful Use Incentives? • How are the prevalence and the adoption rate of OSS applications compared to proprietary systems in the available datasets? A secondary data analyzes were used to investigate these issues, also to examine and characterize the types of OSS products adopted by healthcare providers.