Does health information exchange reduce redundant imaging? Evidence from emergency departments

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-234

  Lammers, Eric J ^a   Adler Milstein, Julia ^b,c   Kocher, Keith E ^d,e  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b School of Information   (United States)

^c School of Public Health Health Management and Policy   (United States)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency departments; Health information exchange; Health information technology; Radiology imaging; Redundant testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CALIFORNIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84898844945     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000067     Document Type: Article

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