HealthLeaders Media June 4, 2021
App-based inpatient access rose more than 50% between 2018 and 2019.
More and more hospitals are enabling patients to access their electronic health records via online portals and mobile apps, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
Seven in 10 hospitals now permit such access, according to a new ONC data brief evaluating conditions at the end of 2019.
Also that year, nearly every hospital enabled patients to electronically view their health information using a portal, ONC reported.
Three out of four hospitals allowed inpatients to view their clinical notes in the hospital’s patient portal.
Small, rural, independent, and critical access hospitals had lower rates of access to this information, ONC said.
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