Healthcare DIVE March 9, 2020
Dive Brief:
- Electronic availability of patient health information from outside sources increased by 10% in 2018, resulting in more than half of hospitals having EHR information available at point of care, according to a report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. But most hospitals still rely on a mix of both physical and electronic records.
- About 10% of hospitals said they exclusively use electronic methods for sending and receiving summary of care records, while almost 25% said they still rely on non-electronic methods. About 70% of hospitals surveyed said they continued to use mail or fax for sending and receiving summary of care records in 2018.
- The most frequently cited barrier among respondents was exchanging...
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