Healthcare DIVE August 18, 2022
Dive Brief:
- Electronic data exchange between physicians and public health agencies was dismal even before the coronavirus pandemic began, new government data illustrates.
- Fewer than one in five primary care physicians electronically exchanged patient health information with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator. More than 70% of hospitals experienced at least one major challenge with electronic public health reporting that year.
- The federal government has a number of ongoing initiatives to try and improve the free electronic flow of data between providers and public health agencies, including a new ONC task force to modernize public health data systems that kicked off this week.
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