Use of a regional health information exchange to detect crossover of patients with MRSA between urban hospitals.
A significant portion of patients already known to be colonized or infected with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may not be identified at admission by neighboring hospitals.
Author(s): Kho, Abel N, Lemmon, Larry, Commiskey, Marie, Wilson, Stephen J, McDonald, Clement J
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2577