From HealthCareITNews.com – "Sharing electronic health information across every major emergency department in the Memphis, Tenn., area resulted in reduced hospital admissions, reduced radiology tests and an annual cost savings of nearly $2 million, according to a recent study conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center."
Read the full study: The financial impact of health information exchange on emergency department care (published November 4, 2011)
Read full news story: Sharing EHR data results in $2M in savings across Memphis EDs (posted November 08, 2011)