Nearly 50% of Acute Care Orgs Have Limited Ability to Share Data

EHR Intelligence August 23, 2019
Jessica Kent

A new survey reveals that many acute care and post-acute care facilities still rely on manual processes to share patient data.

Forty-nine percent of acute care providers and 31 percent of post-acute care providers said they have very little ability to access or share patient data electronically, according to a recent survey from PointClickCare.

Forty-six percent of acute care providers said that interoperability challenges present above-average financial problems, and 18 percent of post-acute care providers said the same.

The results reveal that for a lot of providers, exchanging health data and coordinating care is still an uphill battle.

“While electronic health record (EHR) platforms are nearly ubiquitous in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, many healthcare professionals struggle with — or...

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