Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2020
Among patients offered online access to their health records, about 70 percent who have recently been diagnosed with cancer viewed their record at least once in the past year, according to ONC data.
For its January 2020 data brief, ONC combined 2017 and 2018 data from the National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey to assess the use of health IT by cancer patients.
Five report insights:
1. In 2017 and 2018, patients who had previously been diagnosed with cancer were offered online access to their medical records by a health provider or insurer at higher rate than individuals with no previous cancer diagnosis.
2. Patients recently diagnosed with cancer viewed...
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