Healthcare IT News November 15, 2023
Using a census-based survey index that captures population-level socioeconomic risk for health disparities, researchers found that hospitals serving marginalized populations were 21% less likely to engage in interoperable data exchange than the rest.
Small and rural hospitals treating economically and socially disadvantaged groups are less likely to exchange health data, a recent study from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT shows – a wider digital divide for marginalized ZIP codes than previously thought.
WHY IT MATTERS
While economically and socially disadvantaged groups are at higher risk for fragmented, poorly coordinated care, said ONC officials, research published earlier this year showed that socioeconomic drivers directly correlated to low investments in interoperability.
ONC sought to find out...
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