Impact of Health IT on Patient Welfare

Focusing their research on the Medicare population of some 45 million people, Carlson School of Management Professor Steve Parente and his University colleagues Jeffrey McCullough and Robert Town, analyzed every hospital admission over a 10-year period to see whether patients became injured or suffered an adverse event while hospitalized.

Presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. event, "The Effect of Health Information Technology on Patient Outcomes" has generated interest in Washington, D.C. and could guide future research on and implementation of health IT.