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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 5/2020

01-05-2020 | Concise Research Report

Effect of Shared Electronic Health Records on Duplicate Imaging after Hospital Transfer

Authors: Benjamin N. Rome, MD, Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH, Saverio M. Maviglia, MD, MS, Stephanie K. Mueller, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2020

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Interhospital transfer (IHT) may lead to gaps in information between transferring and receiving care teams. Transferred patients experience higher cost per hospital day than non-transferred patients, which may be partially explained by incomplete information exchange leading to duplicate testing.1, 2 Electronic health record (EHR) interoperability presents a possible solution, allowing for instant transfer of clinical information and reducing the need to order duplicate tests.3, 4 We evaluated whether the implementation of a shared EHR reduced duplicate diagnostic imaging during IHT. …
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Title
Effect of Shared Electronic Health Records on Duplicate Imaging after Hospital Transfer
Authors
Benjamin N. Rome, MD
Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH
Saverio M. Maviglia, MD, MS
Stephanie K. Mueller, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-05-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05355-2

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