ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how the provider market's demand for data and information to achieve new measures of value has accelerated the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and other digital technologies. It also focuses on the factors driving United States (U.S) healthcare providers to embrace the new definition of value in healthcare, as well as the concurrent demand for data and information to achieve new measures of value. The chapter explores the forces driving the ubiquitous adoption of EHRs and other digital technologies in order to gain improved outcomes in the health of the population. It defines healthcare value from the perspective of patient, provider and payer and describes the importance of "value" in the expansion of Health Information Technology (HIT) adoption in the United States. The chapter frames the evolution and the purposes of public policy in support of HIT. It Identifies and explains incentive programs that spurred the development and implementation of HIT.
