Health information exchange improves identification of frequent emergency department users

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2193-2198

  Shapiro, Jason S ^a   Johnson, Sarah A ^b   Angiollilo, John ^b   Fleischman, William ^a   Onyile, Arit ^a,c   Kuperman, Gilad ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEW YORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 84890233791     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0167     Document Type: Article

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