Open AccessUse of a Regional Health Information Exchange to Detect Crossover of Patients with MRSA between Urban Hospitals
Author(s) -
Abel Kho,
Larry Lemmon,
Marie Commiskey,
Stephen J. Wilson,
Clement J. McDonald
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1197/jamia.m2577
Subject(s) - methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , medical emergency , staphylococcal infections , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , biology , bacteria , genetics
A significant portion of patients already known to be colonized or infected with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may not be identified at admission by neighboring hospitals.
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