Care transitions between settings are a well-known cause of medical errors. A key
component of transition is information exchange, especially in long-term care (LTC) …

Background Electronic health information exchange (HIE) is expected to help improve care
transitions from hospitals to long-term care (LTC) facilities. We know little about the …

Improving care transitions, or “handoffs” as patients migrate from one care setting to another,
is a priority across stakeholder groups and health-care settings and additionally is included …

Background Health information technology (HIT) could improve care coordination by
providing clinicians remote access to information, improving legibility, and allowing …

Background Legislation aimed at increasing the use of a health information exchange (HIE)
in healthcare has excluded long-term care facilities, resulting in a vulnerable patient …

To determine whether HIT currently supports care transitions we interviewed clinicians from
several healthcare settings. We learned about HIT tools to help nurses facilitate transitions …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the implementation of an Internet‐based
communication system improves the amount of essential information conveyed between a …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To characterize the drivers of the use of electronic health
information exchange (HIE) by skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to access patient hospital …

Background The transition between acute care and community care represents a vulnerable
period in health care delivery. The vulnerability of this period has been attributed to changes …

Objective To assess whether an electronic health record (EHR) portal to enable health
information exchange (HIE) between a hospital and three skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) …