Health Populi October 27, 2023
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

The latest read from ONC, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, tells a story about patients’ growing use of online portals, medical records, and smartphone apps to access personal health information.

We now have solid evidence empowering us to disagree with Col, Nathan Jessup, the iconic character played by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, who responded to Tom Cruise’s Lt. Kaffee’s demand for “the truth” as the villainous Colonel raged, “You can’t handle the truth.”

But ONC data belies that: as it happens, patients can handle the truth, as we learn that 9 in 10 U.S. patients viewed their laboratory test results online in 2022.

As of 2022, three in four consumers were offered online...

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Topics: Apps, ASTP/ONC, Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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