Study Finds Hospital Data Exchange Increased by 41% Over Four-Year Period
Health data exchanges between hospitals and other health care providers increased by 41% from 2008 to 2012, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs. The study also found that 58% of hospitals routinely exchanged electronic health information with providers and health systems outside of their organization in 2012 and that 84% of hospitals that adopted a basic electronic health record system and participated in a regional health information exchange shared data with providers outside of their organization during the study period.
- "Hospital Electronic Health Data Exchange on the Rise" (Durben Hirsch, FierceEMR, 8/5).