Data Exchange Growing Through EHR Adoption, New Study Finds
Model is part of broader HHS efforts to reform the delivery of health care
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
New research, published today in Health Affairs, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), show that health information exchange (HIE) between hospitals and other providers jumped 41 percent between 2008 and 2012.
The research – authored by National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, M.D., and ONC researchers – indicates that six in 10 hospitals actively exchanged electronic health information with providers and hospitals outside their organization in 2012.