Hospital & Healthcare Management June 15, 2021
Several electronic health records over the past week have announced that their customers can enable greater patient control over record-sharing via the Apple Health app.
Cerner, Meditech Expanse, Allscripts, athenahealth and DrChrono are all among the companies that are working with Apple to facilitate more seamless data exchange.
“For too long our industry has worked in silos, and patients have been left out of the decision as to who has access to their health records and when,” said Meditech Executive Vice President Helen Waters in a statement.
“Patient empowerment is an important element to any successful interoperability strategy,” she said. Earlier this month, Apple made waves throughout the health IT industry with its announcements at its annual developer conference about...