The number of community-based electronic health information exchanges between physicians, hospitals, health plans, and patients has increased to 57 in the last year, up from 42 in 2008, according to results of a survey released by the eHealth Initiative. Some hospital-based exchange participants reported achieving reductions in staff time spent handling laboratory and radiology results and performing clerical and administrative tasks. A total of 40 initiatives reported cost savings as a result of health information exchange.
