Assessing the impact of health system organizational structure on hospital electronic data sharing
Author(s) -
A Jay Holmgren,
Eric W. Ford
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocy084
Subject(s) - data sharing , electronic health record , computer science , organizational structure , knowledge management , business , data science , health care , medicine , political science , alternative medicine , pathology , law
Horizontal consolidation in the hospital industry has gained momentum in the United States despite concerns over rising costs and lower quality. Hospital systems frequently point to potential gains in interoperability and electronic exchange of patient information as consolidation benefits. We sought to assess whether hospitals in different health system structures varied in their interoperable data sharing.
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