January 27, 2026
Lucy Wang on health IT diffusion
How does health information technology adoption affect healthcare access?
is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She sat down for an interview at the 2026 òòò½Íø poster session to talk about the diffusion of advanced health information technology. She found that rapid adoption of health information technology led to significant increases in the the density of physicians at hospitals, especially in areas with a physician shortage.