When hospitals share patient records, emergency patients benefit, study suggests
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
As hospitals and doctors' offices across the country race to join online systems that let them share medical information securely, a new study suggests that these systems may already be helping cut unnecessary care. Fewer emergency patients got repeated medical scans when they went to a hospital that takes part in a health information exchange,according to new findings.