Cleveland hospitals join statewide electronic medical records exchange

Northeast Ohio's two largest healthcare providers -- the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals -– announced this week that they are joining CliniSync, Ohio's statewide electronic medical records exchange (Source: “Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals join statewide electronic health records system,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, Feb. 13, 2013).

The move means the two hospital systems will be electronically linked to about half the medical centers in the state, according to the Ohio Health Information Partnership, the nonprofit group that manages the health information exchange. About 21 hospital systems around Ohio are using the statewide system that is funded by $14.8 million in federal money.