Healthcare Information Technology and Hospital Performance: Diversity and Velocity

Abstract

This article examines how two features of technology adoption affect hospital performance. The current study contributes to our understanding of the IT-performance link in a hospital setting by exploring the effects of healthcare information technology (HIT) diversity and the pace of HIT diversity change in a hospital over time on hospital performance. Employing a panel data set of U.S. hospitals from 2008 to 2013, the research finds that HIT diversity is positively associated with hospital performance, while velocity is negatively associated with it.