Examining the theoretical mechanisms underlying health information exchange impact on healthcare outcomes: A physician agency perspective

• Main Authors: ZHOU, Fang, WANG, Qiu-hong, TEO, Hock Hai
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: health information exchange; patient access; spillover effect; income effect; Databases and Information Systems; Medical Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4690; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5693/viewcontent/ICIS2019_HIE.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Health information exchange (HIE) is presumed to reduce medical costs by facilitating information sharing across healthcare providers. Existing studies focused on different medical costs or one set of costs, and resulted in mixed findings. We examine the effects of patient access to HIE on two of th...