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Community health information exchanges may reduce likelihood of re-hospitalizations and follow-up emergency department visits

01.23.23 | American Academy of Family Physicians

Sloan-Aagard, C. The Impact of Community Health Information Exchange Usage by Primary Care Physicians Time to Re-utilization of Hospital Services. Credit: Annals of Family Medicine University of Michigan

Researchers examined whether primary care physicians’ use of a secure community health information exchange (HIE) to access data about patient care transitions reduced the likelihood of the patient being re-hospitalized. Doctors’ use of the HIE was associated with an increased length of time that patients were admitted to the ED from 99 to 238 days. The likelihood of a return visit to the ED was decreased by 53% while re-hospitalization decreased by 61%.

The Impact of Community Health Information Exchange Usage on Time to Reutilization of Hospital Services

Chantel Sloan-Aagard, PhD, et al
Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange, El Paso, Texas, and the Department of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

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The Annals of Family Medicine

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Data Availability Emergency Rooms Health Care Delivery Health Care Policy Scientific Community

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The Annals of Family Medicine

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Adrieanna Norse

American Academy of Family Physicians

anorse@aafp.org

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https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2903

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American Academy of Family Physicians. (2023, January 23). Community health information exchanges may reduce likelihood of re-hospitalizations and follow-up emergency department visits. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LPE5GYV8/community-health-information-exchanges-may-reduce-likelihood-of-re-hospitalizations-and-follow-up-emergency-department-visits.html

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"Community health information exchanges may reduce likelihood of re-hospitalizations and follow-up emergency department visits." Brightsurf News, Jan. 23 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LPE5GYV8/community-health-information-exchanges-may-reduce-likelihood-of-re-hospitalizations-and-follow-up-emergency-department-visits.html.