From: The effect of electronic medical record adoption on outcomes in US hospitals
30-day rehospitalization | 30-day mortality | |||||||
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Before | After | Before | After | |||||
EMR | Non-EMR | EMR | Non-EMR | EMR | Non-EMR | EMR | Non-EMR | |
Outcomes | 15.64% | 16.10% | 16.49% | 16.76% | 13.58% | 13.96% | 12.94% | 13.51% |
(Std. Err) | (0.04) | (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.03) | (0.09) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.05) |
Difference between EMR and non-EMR hospitals | −0.46% | −0.26% | −0.39% | −0.57% | ||||
(Std. Err) | (0.02) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.03) | ||||
Difference before and after | 0.19% ** | −0.18% ** | ||||||
(Std. Err) | (0.06) | (0.07) | ||||||
Inpatient mortality | Length of stay | |||||||
Before | After | Before | After | |||||
EMR | Non-EMR | EMR | Non-EMR | EMR | Non-EMR | EMR | Non-EMR | |
Outcomes | 4.69% | 4.67% | 4.10% | 4.16% | 5.58 | 5.92 | 5.49 | 5.93 |
(Std. Err) | (0.05) | (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.03) | (0.01) | (0.04) |
Difference between EMR and non-EMR hospitals | 0.01% | −0.05% | −0.33 | −0.44 | ||||
(Std. Err) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.01) | ||||
Difference before and after | −0.07% | −0.11 day * | ||||||
(Std. Err) | (0.05) | (0.05) |