A Case Report in Health Information Exchange for Inter-organizational Patient Transfers

J.E. Richardson; S. Malhotra; R. Kaushal; with the HITEC Investigators

doi:10.4338/ACI-2014-02-CR-0016

Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents

Appl Clin Inform 2014; 05(03): 642-650
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2014-02-CR-0016

Case Report

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A Case Report in Health Information Exchange for Inter-organizational Patient Transfers

J.E. Richardson

¹Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative (HITEC), New York, USA

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S. Malhotra

²Weill Cornell Physicians Organization, New York, NY

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R. Kaushal

¹Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative (HITEC), New York, USA

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with the HITEC Investigators

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Keywords

Medical informatics - patient transfer - health information exchange - computer communication networks - qualitative research

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