EHR Intelligence June 2, 2022
ONC 2015 Edition Health IT adoption decreased the likelihood of duplicate orders by 40 percent. But, hospitals that also engaged in interoperable data exchange were even less likely to have duplicate tests.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria which in turn reduced the likelihood of duplicate orders among hospitals that adopted the edition, a boon for health data interoperability, the agency celebrated.
Unnecessary duplicate laboratory testing is common and costly. Experts estimate that in 2015, $65 billion was spent on lab testing alone, with nearly 20 to 30 percent of that used to perform unnecessary duplicate tests. Additionally, unnecessary duplicate medical imaging adds roughly $30 billion to annual...
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