Effects of Health Information Exchanges in the Adult Inpatient Setting: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health information exchanges (HIEs) have proliferated over the last decade, but a gap remains in our understanding of their benefits to patients and the healthcare system. In this systematic review, we provide an updated report on what is known regarding the impacts of HIE on clinical, health care utilization, and cost outcomes in the adult inpatient setting.

Methods

We searched Pubmed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane, and Ebsco databases for citations published between January 2015 and August 2021. Eligible studies were English-language experimental or observational studies. We assessed risk of bias via the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies.

Results

We identified 11 eligi

SUBMITTER: Dupont S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039134 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature