Electronic connectivity between hospital pairs: impact on emergency department-related utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To use more precise measures of which hospitals are electronically connected to determine whether health information exchange (HIE) is associated with lower emergency department (ED)-related utilization.

Materials and methods

We combined 2018 Medicare fee-for-service claims to identify beneficiaries with 2 ED encounters within 30 days, and Definitive Healthcare and AHA IT Supplement data to identify hospital participation in HIE networks (HIOs and EHR vendor networks). We determined whether the 2 encounters for the same beneficiary occurred at: the same organization, different organizations connected by HIE, or different organizations not connected by HIE. Outcomes were: (1) whether any repeat imaging occurred during the second ED visit; (2) for beneficiaries with

SUBMITTER: Adler-Milstein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12918762 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature