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ArticleApplied clinical informatics2014

A case report in health information exchange for inter-organizational patient transfers.

J E Richardson, S Malhotra, R Kaushal, HITEC Investigators

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Article in Applied clinical informatics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Safe Interorganizational Health Information Exchange During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2020
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  5. Linking the health data system in the U.S.: Challenges to the benefits.International journal of nursing sciences · 2017
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4 authors.

J E RichardsonDepartment 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.
S MalhotraWeill Cornell Physicians Organization , New York, NY.
R KaushalDepartment 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.
HITEC Investigators

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo provide a case report of barriers and promoters to implementing a health information exchange (HIE) tool that supports patient transfers between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.

methodsA multi-disciplinary team conducted semi-structured telephone and in-person interviews in a purposive sample of HIE organizational informants and providers in New York City who implemented HIE to share patient transfer information. The researchers conducted grounded theory analysis to identify themes of barriers and promoters and took steps to improve the trustworthiness of the results including vetting from a knowledgeable study participant.

resultsBetween May and October 2011, researchers recruited 18 participants: informaticians, healthcare administrators, software engineers, and providers from a skilled nursing facility. Subjects perceived the HIE tool's development a success in that it brought together stakeholders who had traditionally not partnered for informatics work, and that they could successfully share patient transfer information between a hospital and a skilled nursing facility. Perceived barriers included lack of hospital stakeholder buy-in and misalignment with clinical workflows that inhibited use of HIE-based patient transfer data. Participants described barriers and promoters in themes related to organizational, technical, and user-oriented issues. The investigation revealed that stakeholders could develop and implement health information technology that technically enables clinicians in both hospitals and skilled nursing facilities to exchange real-time information in support of patient transfers. User level barriers, particularly in the emergency department, should give pause to developers and implementers who plan to use HIE in support of patient transfers.

conclusionsParticipants' experiences demonstrate how stakeholders may succeed in developing and piloting an electronic transfer form that relies on HIE to aggregate, communicate, and display relevant patient transfer data across health care organizations. Their experiences also provide insights for others seeking to develop HIE applications to improve patient transfers between emergency departments and skilled nursing facilities.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelHealth Information ExchangeCase-Control StudiesElectronic Health RecordsForms and Records ControlHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalInterinstitutional RelationsMedical Record LinkageNeeds AssessmentNew York CityPatient Transfercomputer communication networkshealth information exchangeMedical informaticspatient transferqualitative research

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PMID25298805
PMCPMC4187082

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