Hospital electronic health information exchange grew substantially in 2008-12

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1346-1354

  Furukawa, Michael F ^a   Patel, Vaishali ^a   Charles, Dustin ^a   Swain, Matthew ^a   Mostashari, Farzad ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b ONC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL EXCHANGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION;

HOSPITALS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84884262111     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0010     Document Type: Article

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