Healthcare IT News July 6, 2020
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found that the majority of centers used a combination of electronic and paper methods to manage client health information in 2017.
According to new data released last week by ONC, more than half of substance abuse treatment centers nationwide use a combination of electronic and paper methods when it comes to storing and exchanging client health information.
A 2017 survey of 13,585 centers found that about three in ten exclusively used electronic methods of storing and maintaining health records, while 13% used paper only. About six in ten used both.
When it came to exchanging client information, however, the numbers differed dramatically. Fewer than 10% of centers relied solely on electronic...