EHR Intelligence March 6, 2023
Health IT interoperability has grown significantly in the past decade, with 96 percent of hospitals using ONC-certified EHRs in 2021 compared to 28 percent in 2011.
A new ONC report to Congress outlines the significant impact of the 21st Century Cures Act on health IT interoperability.
As of 2021, nearly all non-federal acute care hospitals (96 percent) and 4 in 5 office-based physicians have adopted health IT certified under the ONC Health IT Certification Program. In 2011, just 28 percent of hospitals and 34 percent of physicians had adopted an EHR.
Patient access to personal health information through electronic portals also continues to grow. Among individuals offered a patient portal, more than six in 10 accessed it at least once...
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