title: Variation In Rural Health Information Technology Adoption And Use.
abstract: While rural hospitals and physicians have adopted health information technology at the same, or greater, rates as their urban counterparts, meaningful-use attestation varies dramatically among rural providers. Also, rural providers are more likely to skip a year of declaring that they have met meaningful-use requirements, putting them at a financial disadvantage compared to urban providers.
authors.affiliation: Dawn M. Heisey-Grove (Dawn.Heisey-Grove@hhs.gov) is a public health analyst at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services, in Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: Dawn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Heisey-Grove
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D062527:Meaningful Use; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services; D014481:United States
keywords: Hospitals; Information Technology; Physicians; Rural Health Care