HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REDEPLOYMENT FROM TARGETS TO ACQUIRERS IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY :THE ROLE OF CO-SPECIALIZED HUMAN CAPITAL IN VALUE CREATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cao, Chengxin; Ray, Gautam; Subramani, Mani; Gupta, Alok
• 署名单位: City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY); University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: MIS QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0276-7783
• DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2025/18693
• 发表日期: 2026-06
• 页码: 463-496
• 关键词: Hospital M&A; HIT redeployment; adherence to recommended care; average length of stay; average inpatient cost; co-specialized human capital; diagnostic complementarity; EHR compatibility; enterprise systems; PATIENT OUTCOMES; QUALITY; mergers; integration; KNOWLEDGE; resource; performance; acquisitions; capabilities

摘要

In view of the increasing number of hospital mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and the significant role of healthcare services in the economy, a variety of recent studies have shed light on how health information technology (HIT) contributes to value creation from hospital M&As. However, little attention has been paid to value creation through the redeployment of the target hospital's digital resources to the acquiring hospital and the conditions needed to create value from such resource redeployment. This paper highlights how post-M&A HIT redeployment from the target to the acquirer influences the quality of care of the acquirer. First, the results demonstrate the importance of retaining elements of the co-specialized human capital of the target hospital post-M&A as central to creating value from HIT redeployment. Second, HIT redeployment from the target to the acquirer is more valuable when the diagnostic context of the acquiring hospital is complementary to but also distinctfrom the diagnostic context ofthe target hospital. Third, the electronic health record system compatibility between the target and the acquirer also plays an essential role in facilitating value creation for the acquiring hospital from the transfer of knowledge-based capabilities from the target.