title: A survey of rural hospitals' perspectives on health information technology outsourcing.
abstract: A survey of rural hospitals was conducted in the spring of 2012 to better understand their perspectives on health information technology (HIT) outsourcing and the role that hospital-to-hospital HIT partnerships (HHPs) can play as an outsourcing mechanism. The survey sought to understand how HHPs might be leveraged for HIT implementation, as well as the challenges with forming them. The results suggest that HHPs have the potential to address rural hospitals' slow rate of HIT adoption, but there are also challenges to creating these partnerships. These issues, as well as avenues for further research, are then discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McNeese
authors.affiliation: College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
authors.forename: Madhu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purao
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration; D007256:Information Systems; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020416:Outsourced Services; D014481:United States