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John T Finnell1, J Marc Overhage, Paul R Dexter, Susan M Perkins, Kathleen A Lane, Clement J McDonald.
Abstract
Little is known about the opportunities for a community clinical data exchange network to influence patient care. Rates of patient "cross-over" among different institutions can provide one estimate of the additional value such systems have over unconnected, independent institutional electronic medical records. The Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC) represents such a system, involving a collaboration of central Indiana hospitals to improve patient care. During a one year study period, 288,696 patients made 471,640 Emergency Department (ED) visits within the INPC collaboration -- accounting for 92% of all Indianapolis ED visits. Overall 25% of the patients with more than one visit also visited one of the other five hospital systems, accounting for 19% of all visits. Our results help clarify the expected frequency within one large metropolitan area that ED patients could obtain direct benefit from a community clinical data exchange network.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14728169 PMCID: PMC1480174
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AMIA Annu Symp Proc ISSN: 1559-4076