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OSU’s Wexner Medical Center Pilots EMS-Hospital Health Data Exchange

Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center is piloting a project to increase health data exchange between hospitals and emergency medical services.

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By Fred Donovan

- Ohio State University’s (OSU) Wexner Medical Center is piloting a project to increase health data exchange between hospitals and emergency medical services, the Columbus-Dispatch reported August 19.

Wexner is working with two local fire departments, the Columbus Division of Fire and the Grandview Heights Fire Department, to give emergency room (ER) staff immediate access to information first responders collect about a patient before they arrive at the hospital.

When EMS personnel input data into a patient’s electronic health record (EHR), that data is fed directly into the hospital’s EHR, explained Ashley Larrimore, M.D., medical director of Wexner’s Center for Emergency Medical Services.