The Impact of a National Health Information Exchange Program Under a Single-payer System

Conclusions: The health information exchange program has reduced medication duplication, yet the reduction was not entirely associated with record inquiries. The hospitals have responded to the challenge of medication duplication by enhancing internal prescription control via a prescription alert system, which may have contributed to the reduction in duplicate medications and is a positive, unintended consequence of the intervention.
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