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HIT may do little to cut costs

A study by the Harvard School of Public Health suggests electronic records may have little short-term benefit.

By Danielle Andrus | Updated on November 18, 2009

Electronic health records have been widely touted as a way to lower the overwhelming cost of health care. However, a new study by the Harvard School of Public Health may prove otherwise, the New York Times reports.

The study compared 3,000 hospitals at various stages in their electronic records programs, and found hospitals with advanced electronic records fared only marginally better than those with basic programs or no program. For example, the average length of a patient’s stay at a hospital with advanced digital records was 5.5 days. For hospitals with basic records or no electronic records the average stay was 5.7 days.

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