Temporal Impacts of Health Information Technology on Hospitals’ Financial Performance

Sahir, Shah and Durga Prasad, Somarouthu and Ano, Bhattacherjee (2023) Temporal Impacts of Health Information Technology on Hospitals’ Financial Performance. Journal of Data Science, 2023 (9). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2805-5160

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Abstract

Investments in health information technology (HIT) are known to improve financial and operational performance in hospitals. However, it is less understood whether this improvement is short-term, medium-term, or long-term. This paper investigates the effect of HIT investments on hospitals’ cost-to-charge ratio, a financial metric that accounts for both costs and revenues, at different time lags after the initial investment. Using panel data on U.S.hospitals from 2010 to 2021, we report that the impact of HIT on hospital cost-to-charge ratio is realized with a lag of zero to four years, when controlled for hospital differences such as rural vs urban location, public vs private ownership, proportion of uncompensated care, and year-over-year variations. This effect becomes non-significant after four years as the effect of HIT wears out. We also quantify the returns from HIT investment. A 100% increase in HIT investment results in a reduction of 3.3 to 6.0% in cost-to-charge ratio between years 0 through 4 after the HIT investment. Implications of these findings for research and practice are described

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Health information technology, cost-to-charge ratio, financial impact, panel data model.
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email masilah.mansor@newinti.edu.my
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2023 06:35
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2025 08:58
URI: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/id/eprint/1786

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