The Impact of HIT on Hospital Performance: An Analysis from the HIT Type and the User Perspective

Hospitals had no choice but to adopt the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) in order not to fall behind the information age, and they transformed from the paper-based system to the electronic health record system. However, previous research results on the impact of HIT on hospital performance are still controversial. This study suggests that the results of prior research are due to the neglect of HIT users, of HIT types and of the hospital structure. The fixed effects model was performed using 2,761 hospitals across the United States over a five-year period. As a result, this study found that the relation between total number of HITs used by a hospital and operating cost is an U-Shape. Additionally, the higher the rate of augmented clinical HIT in HIT bundle, the higher the hospital