TY - GEN
T1 - Designing a sustainable Health Information Exchange network
AU - Shen, Wenfei
AU - Gharibdousti, Maryam Soltanpour
AU - Rezaeiahari, Mandana
AU - Khasawneh, Mohammad T.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper models sustainability of a Health Information Exchange (HIE) network such that both HIE provider and hospitals remain profitable in the long term. HIE network is a national program with considerable amount of grants and funding to spread healthcare information technology (HIT). In this study, a mathematical model including costs related to operational decisions in a dynamic environment, government pricing, HIE adoption rate and network size is developed. Then, the mathematical model is solved for various numerical experiments. Finally, sensitivity analysis is conducted to determine the effect of different parameters on the objectives. Based on the results, small hospitals choose annual fee plan (AF) while medium and large hospitals mostly choose per look up plan (PL), respectively.
AB - This paper models sustainability of a Health Information Exchange (HIE) network such that both HIE provider and hospitals remain profitable in the long term. HIE network is a national program with considerable amount of grants and funding to spread healthcare information technology (HIT). In this study, a mathematical model including costs related to operational decisions in a dynamic environment, government pricing, HIE adoption rate and network size is developed. Then, the mathematical model is solved for various numerical experiments. Finally, sensitivity analysis is conducted to determine the effect of different parameters on the objectives. Based on the results, small hospitals choose annual fee plan (AF) while medium and large hospitals mostly choose per look up plan (PL), respectively.
KW - Healthcare information technology
KW - Sustainability
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85030997460
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017
SP - 2099
EP - 2104
BT - 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017
A2 - Nembhard, Harriet B.
A2 - Coperich, Katie
A2 - Cudney, Elizabeth
PB - Institute of Industrial Engineers
T2 - 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017
Y2 - 20 May 2017 through 23 May 2017
ER -