Usage and accuracy of medication data from nationwide health information exchange in Quebec, Canada.

Aude Motulsky; Daniala L. Weir; Isabelle Couture; Claude Sicotte; Marie-Pierre Gagnon; David L. Buckeridge; Robyn Tamblyn

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Usage and accuracy of medication data from nationwide health information exchange in Quebec, Canada.

June 13, 2018

Motulsky A, Weir DL, Couture I, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25(6):722-729.

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In this study, researchers describe the use of medication data from a national health information exchange in a Canadian province. They found that those working in primary care settings were more likely to access the data than specialists.

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