Download or read book The State and Pattern of Health Information Technology Adoption written by Katya Fonkych and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps focus the policy agenda for incentives to speed Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) adoption by estimating the current level and pattern of HIT adoption in the different types of healthcare organizations, according to information the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)-Dorenfest database, and evaluates factors that affect this diffusion process, using existing empirical studies and regression analysis.