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(HealthDay News) — Following Cures Act implementation, the time for patients to access imaging results decreased, while the proportion of patients who accessed their reports before the ordering provider increased, according to a study published online March 27 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Jordan R. Pollock, from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, and colleagues compared patient access of radiology reports before and after implementation of the information-blocking provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act. The analysis included 1.19 million examinations (388,921 patients) occurring in 2021 and 2022.

The researchers found that 77.5% of reports were accessed by the patient before implementation compared with 80.4% after implementation. Median time from report finalization to report release in the patient portal...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Patient / Consumer, Provider, Radiology, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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