Meeting
Abstract Number: 460
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: When patients are transferred between hospitals (interhospital transfer, IHT), incomplete information exchange between electronic health records (EHRs) poses a barrier to continuity of care. As a result, diagnostic tests may be repeated after transfer, exposing patients to additional risk and adding to costs of care. Shared clinical data between EHRs presents a possible solution. […]