A Framework for Contracted Health IT Performance Assessments. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martin, Thomas R.; Gasoyan, Hamlet; Wierz, David J.
• Is Part Of: Hospital topics. Volume 97:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 15
• Page End: 22
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Health IT contracting -- pay for performance -- EHRs -- performance assessments -- value-based care; Hospitals -- Administration -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; 362.11068
• DOI: 10.1080/00185868.2018.1556371
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0018-5868

Abstract

Abstract: Limited research exists which aids in structuring health IT contracts in an era of performance-based payments. We provide an assessment of common approaches to contracting and measuring of performance in practice. We conducted a review of existing literature and compliment this approach with a survey of healthcare professionals directly involved with health IT systems to further understand and classify current approaches. We identified architypes for structuring healthcare IT performance contracts to include: (1) internal operations, (2) external evaluation and (3) joint agreement for the delivery of value-based care.