ONC Data Brief Charts Impressive Increases in Healthcare Interoperability

HealthLeaders Media January 27, 2023
Eric Wicklund

The number of hospitals improving their EHR platforms to enable data sharing, especially from outside sources, has more than doubled since 2017, according to a report from the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– The ONC’s latest data brief details advances and challenges in healthcare interoperability from 2017 to 2021.

– The brief notes that more than six in 10 hospitals now engage in key aspects of electronically sharing health information and integrating summary of care records in the EHR, a 51% increase since 2017.

– Overall, the percent of hospitals with information available at the point of care jumped 22% from 2017 to 2021, and more than half of all rural and...

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