Home Health Care News January 22, 2024
Home health providers — and other long-term and post-acute care organizations — haven’t kept pace with other care settings when it comes to interoperability.
That’s according to a recent report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Overall, the report found that 80% home health organizations and nursing homes are implementing electronic health records (EHRs) as solutions for clinical and business needs.
Still, this hasn’t resulted in the wide use of interoperable exchange of health information across these organizations. The report pointed to factors such as a lack of monetary incentives, toothless policy requirements and a failure to see the strong business case to increase interoperability as some of the reasons for lackluster adoption.
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