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Understanding The Current State Of Health Information Exchange In Long-Term Care Homes, Kendra R. Cotton
Understanding The Current State Of Health Information Exchange In Long-Term Care Homes, Kendra R. Cotton
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Research Questions: The research questions within this thesis aimed to examine the current state of health information exchange (HIE) processes within the Canadian long-term care (LTC) setting and identify opportunities to improve these processes through the proliferation of health information technology (HIT).
Methods: The first study undertook a scoping review following Levac et al’s. approach to the methodology. Next, an interpretive study using semi-structured interviews and Hsieh and Shannon's conventional content analysis methodology was undertaken.
Findings: The scoping review highlighted that effective HIE processes are susceptible to variations in HIT resources, workload, and social and organizational cultures. The findings of …