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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedGarg N, Kuperman G, Onyile A
Validating health information exchange (HIE) data for quality measurement across four hospitals.
The study objective was to validate the secondary use of HIE data for two emergency department (ED) quality measures: identification of frequent ED users and early (72-hour) ED returns in four hospitals. It found that there was no significant difference in the total counts for frequent ED users or early ED returns for any of the four hospitals.
AHRQ-funded; HS021261.
Citation: Garg N, Kuperman G, Onyile A .
Validating health information exchange (HIE) data for quality measurement across four hospitals.
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2014 Nov 14;2014:573-9..
Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Emergency Department, Quality of Care, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Quality Measures