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Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 3/2016

01-05-2016 | Guest Editorial

Designing Health Information Technologies for Uptake: Development and Implementation of Measurement Feedback Systems in Mental Health Service Delivery

Introduction to the Special Section

Authors: Aaron R. Lyon, Cara C. Lewis

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 3/2016

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Driven by recent policy developments that emphasize accountability and data sharing (e.g., Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010; HITECH Act 2009), health information technologies (HIT) are rapidly becoming ubiquitous within the contemporary healthcare landscape. Specific subtypes of HIT support service quality monitoring and can be classified within the “quality management” set of implementation strategies articulated by Powell et al. (2012, 2015). Despite their potential to function as an implementation strategy, these technologies often require their own strategic implementation supports to be successfully installed and effectively used in new service systems (Cohen 2015; Ruud 2015). Although there is widespread recognition of the potential for HIT to usher in new cost savings in healthcare, issues related to technology design and implementation processes have interfered with the extent to which those savings have been realized (Carroll 2015; Leviss 2011; Ribitzky et al. 2010). …
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Metadata
Title
Designing Health Information Technologies for Uptake: Development and Implementation of Measurement Feedback Systems in Mental Health Service Delivery
Introduction to the Special Section
Authors
Aaron R. Lyon
Cara C. Lewis
Publication date
01-05-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-015-0704-3

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