Patient Engagement October 18, 2022
Sara Heath

Small organizations are lagging behind in offering digital patient data access via API-based apps, particularly apps built using FHIR.

Digital patient data access remains somewhat stable in the nation’s hospitals, with modest gains in patient portal and FHIR-based app access, according to an October data brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

However, digital patient data access isn’t equal across all hospitals and health systems. Rural hospitals, small hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) all have lower rates of digital patient data access, including via FHIR-based patient engagement apps and the patient portal, the report found.

Currently, 82 percent of all hospitals, regardless of size, let patients view their clinical notes in the EHR,...

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Topics: Apps, Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), ONC, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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