Healthcare Innovation September 16, 2021
Janette Wider

A data brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology reports that U.S. hospitals have been struggling to exchange information with public health agencies, even before the pandemic

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released a data brief entitled, “Challenges to Public Health Reporting Experienced by Non-Federal Acute Care Hospitals, 2019.” The brief explains that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. hospitals were struggling to exchange information with public health agencies.

The brief states that “Amidst a global pandemic, the need for efficient exchange of electronic health information between hospitals and public health agencies has never been more critical. To ensure public health agencies have timely and complete data to...

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