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Can a health information exchange save healthcare costs? Evidence from a pilot program in South Korea

Hayoung Park
Hayoung Park
Sang-il Lee
Sang-il Lee
Hee Hwang
Hee Hwang
Yoon Kim
Yoon Kim
Eun-Young Heo
Eun-Young Heo
Jeong-Whun Kim
Jeong-Whun Kim
Kyooseob Ha
Kyooseob Ha

International Journal of Medical Informatics, pp. 658-666, 2015.

Cited by: 26|Bibtex|Views159|DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.05.008
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Keywords:
Community networksElectronic health recordsHealth information exchangeHealth information technologyHealthcare cost

Abstract:

•We assess impacts of HIE on utilization at a tertiary hospital following referrals.•We found savings in total charges in the HIE group.•Savings were mostly found in diagnostic tests and imaging.•However, savings were not seen in drugs, outpatient visits and hospital stays.•Physicians had access to more clinical information for HIE than n...More

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