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HealthPartners one of first to integrate electronic X-rays, radiology reports into patients' electronic health record
Published in Health Business Week, September 18th, 2009
HealthPartners is one of the first organizations in the country to integrate electronic X-rays, MRIs and CT scans and radiology reports into patients' electronic health records (EHR). The images and the radiology reports can be accessed quickly by doctors at Regions Hospital and at all 25 HealthPartners Clinics. In the past year, Regions Hospital reduced radiology report turn-around times from two days to approximately four hours. This time savings is especially significant given the fact that HealthPartners Clinics and Regions performs about 34,000 radiology exams every month.
"The benefits of being paperless include increased efficiency because images can be available...
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Source: Health Business Week (2009-09-18)
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