Study Shows that PHIX Access Reduces Admissions

Using PHIX to access your patients’ medical records can decrease the likelihood of their readmission to the emergency department (ED) or hospital.

In a study done by Dr. Sloan-Aagard, in the Annals of Family Medicine, titled “The Impact of Community Health Information Exchange Usage on Time to Reutilization of Hospital Services,” the effect of Health Information Exchange (HIE) access on patient readmission was reviewed.

This study reviewed the Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange (PHIX) and found that doctors’ use of the health information exchange was associated with an increased length of time before the patients were re-admitted to the ED from 99 to 238 days. Further, the likelihood of a patient re-admission to the ED decreased by 53% while re-hospitalizations decreased by 61%.