Coordination Across Ambulatory Care: A Comparison of Referrals and Health Information Exchange Across Convenient and Traditional Settings

In this study, we examine the adoption of 2 coordination activities—referrals and the electronic exchange of health information—at urgent care centers and other ambulatory providers across the United States. We find that setting is significantly associated with both health information exchange and referrals. Several organization-level variables and environment-level variables are also related to the propensity to coordinate care.
Source: The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research