News tagged with health information exchange


Report: Electronic health records still need work

(AP) -- America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.

Health created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lingua franca critical for electronic medical records and health information exchange

A universal method of identifying medical test results and other clinical measurements is essential for health information exchange, which requires a common terminology to ensure that medical data can be recorded, transferred ...

Health created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First study of emergency care for an entire state finds care isn't always local

The first study to examine patterns of emergency care for an entire state has found that 40 percent of emergency department visits in Indiana over a three-year period were by patients who visited more than one emergency department. ...

Health created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0