Being a small, rural critical access hospital, EPMC often transfers patients to larger hospitals that require more specialized care, said EPMC CIO and vice president of information services Gary Hall. “Use of the CORHIO system helps reduce the need to send information about the transferred patients by more primitive methods — such as paper, faxing and email — and helps expedite patient care,” he said.
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