2008 AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement

去年，AHA与乔治·华盛顿大学联合为国家卫生和公众服务部办公室进行了 协调人(ONC)是一项旨在收集关于#年卫生信息技术采用状况的信息的调查 美国的医院。根据上述表征2007年活动的基线数据，目前 提案要求AHA进行一项新的调查，衡量采用健康信息方面的变化 2007年基准期的技术。为便于比较，新的调查工具将几乎 与2007年的版本相同。与2007年的调查一样，新的调查将于#年邮寄给行政总裁。 所有美国医院，无论AHA会员身份如何。一封包含参与的信，并说明原因 参与是重要的，将由AHA主席签署。希望参与的医院将能够这样做 通过邮寄调查表格或通过在线调查网站。将仔细筛选返回的数据以确定 精确度。没有回应最初参与请求的医院将被发送第二次后续调查 请求。没有回应第一次或第二次调查请求的医院将被电话通知，作为一种更直接的方式 令人振奋的反应。最终预计最终响应率将达到50%或更高。预计将会有一个 完整的最终数据将在2009年10月1日左右准备好进行分析。 相关性(请参阅说明)： 信息技术调查的一个重要部分是关于在整个国家建立电子健康记录 国家医院。预计电子健康记录的普遍使用将极大地改善保健服务的提供 和质量。作为电子病历之路的信息技术将在各项医疗改革中发挥重要作用 政府将在短期内提出的建议。

Last year, the AHA in conjunction with George Washington University conducted for the HHS Office ofthe National Coordinator (ONC) a survey designed to gather information on the state of adoption ofhealth information technology in American hospitals. Building on the aforementioned baseline data that characterized activity in 2007, this current proposal calls for the AHA to conduct a new survey measuring changes in the adoption ofhealth information technology from the 2007 baseline period. For comparative purposes, the new survey instrument will be virtually identical to the 2007 version. As with the 2007 survey, the new survey will be mailed to the chief executive officer in all U.S hospitals regardless of AHA membership status. A letter encoraging participation along with a reason why participation is important will be signed by the AHA President. Hospitals wishing to participate will be able to do so via the retum ofa mail-back survey form or through an on-line survey site. Returned data will be carefully screened for accuracy. Hospitals that don't respond to the initial request to participate will be sent a second follow-up survey request. Hospitals not responding to the first or second survey requests will be telephoned as a more direct way of encouraging response. In the end, it is expected that the final response rate will be 50% or higher. It is expected that a complete set of final data will be ready for analysis around October 1, 2009. RELEVANCE (See instructions): A significant part of the information technology survey is about the establishment of a EHR across the nations hospitals. It is expected that the universal use of an EHR will greatly improve health care delivery and quality. Information technology as the way to a EHR will play a major role in various health care reform proposals that will be presented by the administration in the near term.