“The number of health information exchange initiatives that report being operational and exchanging data has increased nearly 40 percent since 2008, according to the eHealth Initiative’s Sixth Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange.
Operational HIE initiatives jumped to 57, up from 42 in 2008, according to the survey, released Wednesday. Of that number, 40 reported cost savings resulting from health information exchange. Those savings included reduced staff time spent handling lab and radiology results, reduced staff time spent on clerical administration and filing, less money spent on redundant tests, a decrease in the cost of care for chronic care patients and fewer medication errors.”
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News, 22 July 2009
