Electronic Discovery and the Adoption of Information Technology
After firms adopt electronic information and communication technologies, their decision-making leaves a trail of electronic information that may be more extensive and accessible than a paper trail. We ask how the expected costs of litigation affect decisions to adopt technologies, such as electronic...
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2013
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| author | Tucker, Catherine Elizabeth Miller, Amalia R. |
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| description | After firms adopt electronic information and communication technologies, their decision-making leaves a trail of electronic information that may be more extensive and accessible than a paper trail. We ask how the expected costs of litigation affect decisions to adopt technologies, such as electronic medical records (EMRs), which leave more of an electronic trail. EMRs allow hospitals to document electronically both patient symptoms and health providers’ reactions to those symptoms and may improve the quality of care that makes the net impact of their adoption on expected litigation costs ambiguous. This article studies the impact of state rules that facilitate the use of electronic records in court. We find evidence that hospitals are one-third less likely to adopt EMRs after these rules are enacted. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/758842022-10-01T01:34:46Z Electronic Discovery and the Adoption of Information Technology Tucker, Catherine Elizabeth Miller, Amalia R. Sloan School of Management Tucker, Catherine Elizabeth After firms adopt electronic information and communication technologies, their decision-making leaves a trail of electronic information that may be more extensive and accessible than a paper trail. We ask how the expected costs of litigation affect decisions to adopt technologies, such as electronic medical records (EMRs), which leave more of an electronic trail. EMRs allow hospitals to document electronically both patient symptoms and health providers’ reactions to those symptoms and may improve the quality of care that makes the net impact of their adoption on expected litigation costs ambiguous. This article studies the impact of state rules that facilitate the use of electronic records in court. We find evidence that hospitals are one-third less likely to adopt EMRs after these rules are enacted. 2013-01-07T21:02:44Z 2013-01-07T21:02:44Z 2012-11 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 8756-6222 1465-7341 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75884 Miller, A. R., and C. E. Tucker. “Electronic Discovery and the Adoption of Information Technology.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2012). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-4832 en_US http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1093/jleo/ews038 Journal of Law Economics and Organization Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf Oxford University Press SSRN |
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| title | Electronic Discovery and the Adoption of Information Technology |
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| title_short | Electronic Discovery and the Adoption of Information Technology |
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