IALH Research Fellows Elizabeth Borycki and Andre Kushniruk (Health Information Science) have co-authored a new research article entitled Comparing Responses to COVID-19 Across Institutions: Conceptualization of an Emergency Response Maturity Model with Yalini Senathirajah and Kenrick Cato. The article was published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics.
Abstract:
The impact of Covid-19 on hospitals was profound, with many lower-resourced hospitals’ information technology resources inadequate to efficiently meet the new needs. We interviewed 52 personnel at all levels in two New York City hospitals to understand their issues in emergency response. The large differences in IT resources show the need for a schema to classify hospital IT readiness for emergency response. Here we propose a set of concepts and model, inspired by the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) maturity model. The schema is designed to permit evaluation of hospital IT emergency readiness, permitting remediation of IT resources where necessary.
To read the full article, see https://ebooks.iospress.nl/pdf/doi/10.3233/SHTI230304