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Byline: Alex Nixon
Aug. 17--Nine hospital systems in Western Pennsylvania are partnering to create a system that allows doctors and hospitals to easily share patient electronic medical records.
The system, known as a health information exchange, will be implemented first at Heritage Valley Health System and added over the next two years by Altoona Regional Health System, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Butler Health System, Excela Health, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, St. Clair Hospital, The Washington Hospital and UPMC, the hospitals said in a statement today.
The exchanges are part of the federal government's push for doctors and hospitals to …