Healthcare DIVE October 29, 2018
- Nearly all nonfederal acute care hospitals have updated their health IT to 2015 edition criteria, which includes open APIs, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT reports.
- An analysis of 2017 data from the American Hospital Association’s Information Technology Supplement Survey shows 93% of hospitals have adopted or plan to adopt 2015 version EHRs.
- Moreover, 88% of hospitals are sharing patient summary of care records with sources outside their institution, and 74% are receiving such information, according to ONC.
This is good news for hospitals that have made...