Why clinicians use or don't use health information exchange

In the March 2011 issue of the journal, Vest et al published one of the first empirical studies of clinicians' usage of a health information exchange (HIE).1 The setting for this study was the emergency department (ED). The ED is one important place where an HIE may have an impact on patient care because many emergency patients are unfamiliar to ED facilities and important clinical information is often missing.2 Surprisingly, Vest et al …

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[2]  Joshua R. Vest,et al.  Factors motivating and affecting health information exchange usage , 2011, J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc..

[3]  Edward H. Shortliffe,et al.  AMIA president's message , 2011, J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc..

[4]  Marc Berg,et al.  Patient care information systems and health care work: a sociotechnical approach , 1999, Int. J. Medical Informatics.