Simulation suggests that medical group mergers won't undermine the potential utility of health information exchanges

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 548-559

  Rudin, Robert S ^a   Schneider, Eric C ^a   Volk, Lynn A ^b   Szolovits, Peter ^c   Salzberg, Claudia A ^d   Simon, Steven R ^e   Bates, David W ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CODING; SIMULATION;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858600752     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0799     Document Type: Article

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