Buffalo News September 29, 2019
While most of your health care is local, there may be times when you or a loved one needs care away from home. A recent survey by the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative illustrates the growth of health information exchanges nationally and the value that is being delivered both to the health care community and to patients, including when that information is shared across state lines.
According to the survey, 92% of the U.S. population is served by collaborative-member HIEs, which includes HEALTHeLINK, Western New York’s HIE, and together they are delivering more than 1 billion clinical alerts nationally.
These real-time notifications of hospital admissions, discharges or transfers are delivered to doctors, hospitals and other health care organizations, triggering follow-up...
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