Study Finds HIE Use in NY Led to Shorter Lengths of Hospital Stay, Lower Chance of ED Readmission

Healthcare IT News writes: Hospitals in New York are finding big quality and efficiency gains thanks to the ability to access patient EHR data via a regional health information exchange. A new study released by HealthlinkNY, which operates the HIE connecting providers and patients in more than a dozen counties across the Hudson Valley and Southern Tier of New York, finds that use of the exchange reduced the patient’s length of stay both in the ED and inpatient stay.

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• Healthcare IT News: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hie-use-leads-shorter-lengths-hospital-stay-lower-chance-ed-readmission
• Study: The Effects of Health Information Exchange Access on Healthcare Quality and Efficiency: An Empirical Investigation. Available at SSRN (PDF)