Administrative Information Systems (AISs) provide support to
hospital core functions, such as patient accounting, staff scheduling,
and budgeting and cost control (Singh & Shi, 2015). . The
implementation and use of AISs has had a great impact on healthcare
delivery and supplements the workflows within a healthcare
organization. With an AIS in place for functions like patient
accounting, a healthcare organization’s billing team can quickly
obtain a patient’s itemized services that were received to
appropriately invoice the services. In combination with clinical
information systems (CISs), AIS offers interoperability between the
information technologies that an organization may have. As a result,
healthcare delivery is made more efficient by reducing transcription
errors because there is a seamless exchange of data (Iroju et al.,
2013, 266).
The creation and use of information systems in healthcare have
changed the landscape of the industry and has created technology
diffusion within the field. Although the implementation of
Technology has resulted in more efficient and better Healthcare
delivery, it has also been accompanied by a substantial increase in
healthcare spending. The advancement of Technology within
Healthcare continues to grow but at a cost. The federal government
funds Research and development to Foster Innovation and
advancement. As a result, the United States benefits by having more
high-tech equipment available for its population than most countries
(Singh & Shi, 2015). With the advancement of new technologies,
healthcare organizations not only have the cost of obtaining the
technology but also induce costs of maintenance and the necessary
staff to manage it (Gelijns & Halm, 1991). Mitigating the costs of
healthcare is an important area of focus because the rising costs are
a main factor preventing healthcare accessibility to all. Statistics
reveal that 8.6% of people in the U.S. did not have health insurance
at any point during the year of 2020, of which costs are a factor
(Keisler & Bunch, 2021). Consequently, it would be beneficial for the
U.S. to control the growth of technology to ensure healthcare
delivery is accessible for all.
References
Gelijns, A. C., & Halm, E. A. (1991). The Changing Economics of Medical
Technology (Vol. 2). National Academy
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Iroju, O., Soriyan, A., Gambo, I., & Olaleke, J. (2013, May).
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Singh, D. A., & Shi, L. (2015). Essentials of the U.S. Health Care
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