The Effects of Doctor-Patient Portal Use on Health Care Utilization Rates and Cost Savings

Kim, Daeho; Kagel, John H.; Tayal, Neeraj; Bose‐Brill, Seuli; Lai, Albert M.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2775261

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“…The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed in 2009 pushed healthcare in the United States into the digital age. HITECH, set aside nearly $27 billion (€24 billion) over the course of 10 years 1,2 in incentives and emphasized EMRs for improved care quality, efficiency, and error prevention. HITECH introduced incentives among providers to digitize medical records and adopt EMR systems.…”

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OpenPharma Blockchain on FHIR: An Interoperable Solution for Read-Only Health Records Exchange through Blockchain and Biometrics

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Chevellereau

Shahriar

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The healthcare system in the United States is unique. From payor to provider, patients have the freedom of choice. This creates a complicated and profitable paradigm of care. Legislation defines government expectations of data exchange; however, the methods are left to the discretion of the stakeholders. Today, devices and programs are not built to unified standards, thus they do not share data easily. This communication between software is known as interoperability. We address the health data interoperability by leveraging Fast Health Interoperable Resource (FHIR) standard, a viewer of FHIR called OpenPharma, and Blockchain technology. Our proof of concept, called “OpenPharma Blockchain on FHIR” (OBF), is interoperable by design and grants clinicians access to patient records using a combination of data standards, distributed applications, patient-driven identity management, and the Ethereum blockchain. OBF is a trustless, secure, decentralized, and vendor-independent method for information exchange. It is easy to implement and places the control of records with the patients.

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“…HITECH introduced incentives among providers to digitize medical records and adopt EMR systems. [1][2][3]…”

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OpenPharma Blockchain on FHIR: An Interoperable Solution for Read-Only Health Records Exchange through Blockchain and Biometrics

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Chevellereau

Shahriar

et al. 2020

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“…The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and, within ARRA, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, were monumental for the advancement of healthcare. HITECH set aside nearly $27 billion over the course of 10 years 1,2,3 in incentives and set forth the Meaningful Use criteria, which focused on the optimization of electronic medical records (EMRs) through improved care quality, efficiency, and error prevention. In addition, providers were to digitize their medical records and implement EMRs through meaningful use or risk of losing their Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement.…”

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“…In addition, providers were to digitize their medical records and implement EMRs through meaningful use or risk of losing their Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement. 1,2 The intention of Meaningful Use was to improve information exchanges among providers. 4…”

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“…the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, were monumental for the advancement of healthcare. HITECH set aside nearly $27 billion over the course of 10 years 1,2,3 in incentives and set forth the Meaningful Use criteria, which focused on the optimization of electronic medical records (EMRs) through improved care quality, efficiency, and error prevention.…”

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Toward Application of Blockchain for Improved Health Records Management and Patient Care

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Nalla

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Technological advancements have proven to be indispensable for improving patient care, yet they continue to present a host of problems. One of the most pressing concerns is how to improve quality of care while controlling costs. Beyond clinical care, one plausible solution is to share patient information freely and efficiently. Hospitals and clinics may share data internally, but external information sharing remains an issue. Despite the digitization of medical records, there remains a lack of adequate computing infrastructure or unwillingness to share data among providers. Care quality often suffers as a result. Implementing a type of peer-to-peer distributed digital technology, known as a blockchain, to record and transmit transactional data could be a solution to these concerns. Originally, blockchain was developed to record cryptocurrency transactions. However, as blockchain technologies have matured and adopted across dissimilar industries, the feasibility of possible applications of blockchain technology in healthcare is getting more attention. This article explores possible opportunities of adoption of blockchain technology to improve patient data security, privacy, and care while outlining the challenges that practitioners may encounter.

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Security in Electronic Health Records System: Blockchain-Based Framework to Protect Data Integrity

Faruk

Shahriar

Saha

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Advances in Information Security

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The Effects of Doctor-Patient Portal Use on Health Care Utilization Rates and Cost Savings

Cited by 6 publications

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OpenPharma Blockchain on FHIR: An Interoperable Solution for Read-Only Health Records Exchange through Blockchain and Biometrics

OpenPharma Blockchain on FHIR: An Interoperable Solution for Read-Only Health Records Exchange through Blockchain and Biometrics

Toward Application of Blockchain for Improved Health Records Management and Patient Care

Security in Electronic Health Records System: Blockchain-Based Framework to Protect Data Integrity

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