State of interoperability among major U.S. cities
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- ONC data brief
- Author(s):
- Pylypchuk, Yuriy, author Jensen, Christian, 1833-1916, author
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, October 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cities -- statistics & numerical data Electronic Health Records Health Information Interoperability -- statistics & numerical data Hospitals, Urban -- statistics & numerical data Information Dissemination United States United States. Department of Health and Human Services
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Approximately 80 percent of the U.S. population and more than 90 percent of the nation's physicians reside in urban areas. While cities are central to many cultural, economic, and transportation activities, these densely populated and interconnected centers can become vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks and other health crises. Interoperable health information technology (IT) can play an important role in responding to these events. Prior research examined interoperability among hospitals at the national level, but little is known about rates of interoperability within U.S. cities. This data brief describes variation in interoperability among hospitals within 15 major U.S. combined statistical areas (CSAs), hereafter referred to as cities. We highlight differences in interoperability between cities in terms of hospitals' ability to perform four key domains of interoperability. These domains are find, send, receive, and integrate electronic health information with sources outside their health system. We also present findings on participation in health information exchanges (HIEs), variation in interoperability by hospital characteristics, and the association between interoperability and having information available at the point of care.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (13 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918317680006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918317680006676