The Benefits of Sharing Clinical Information,☆☆

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[Teich JM: The benefits of sharing clinical information. Ann Emerg Med February 1998;31:274-276.]

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    Personally controlled health records (PCHRs),1 a subset of personal health records (PHRs),2,3 enable individuals to aggregate, securely store, and access electronic health information from multiple sites of care, and to share that information with care providers and others.4,5 Shared, ubiquitous, consent-modulated access to medical information promises reduced medical errors,6 improved efficiency and safety of medical care,7 and lower health care costs,8–10 as well as activated patients who take responsibility and become partners in managing their own healthcare.11 As a possible central component of the Nationwide Health Information Network, an electronic infrastructure to promote the exchange of healthcare information12,13 and improve the quality of healthcare, PCHRs have received considerable national attention.

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    In the meantime, the pilot development of regional health information organizations9 is being supported by grant programs and forward-thinking health care institutions. Proposed congressional legislation would further fund the development of pilot regional health information organization programs.22 Although significant savings have been presumed and modeled,17,18 actual realization of these benefits in a wide variety of settings remains to be demonstrated and should be the focus of future research.

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    Also, DEEDS is used by HL7 in the Emergency Department Claims Attachment developed as part of HIPAA implementation.26 The benefits of sharing clinical data across regions have been described.27 The National Information Infrastructure Health Information Network project proposed a regional architecture and data standards for sharing key past medical history information to support emergency care.28

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