Healthcare Finance News February 24, 2023
The number of hospitals engaged in integrating patient health information into EHRs grew by 40% since 2017, found ONC.
Interoperability continues to improve among hospitals, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information. As of 2021, 88% of hospitals engaged in electronically sending and obtaining patient health information, through either querying or electronically receiving summary of care records.
The number of hospitals engaged in integrating patient health information into EHRs grew by 40% since 2017, with about three-quarters of hospitals engaging in this activity in 2021.
These trends show progress in interoperable exchange, found ONC.
Rural hospitals, however, are still lagging behind their more urban counterparts, despite clear interoperability gains. Rural and small hospitals’ rates of...
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