Healthcare Innovation March 3, 2020
Approximately three-fourths of healthcare stakeholder respondents said they support eliminating the barriers to interoperability and improving access to patient information
New data shows that the vast majority of hospitals using an Epic EHR (electronic health record) support the government’s information blocking regulation, placing them at odds with the health IT vendor that has been vocal against the rule in its current form.
The survey from Utah-based software company Reaction Data included responses from 178 healthcare stakeholders, with clinicians making up the largest group of respondents. More than seven in 10 (73 percent) of IT leaders who were surveyed said they are aware of the interoperability regulation, though that number dropped to 50 percent of C-suite respondents, 28 percent of clinicians,...