Patient Engagement June 30, 2022
A survey found that nearly half of all Americans are unable to get health records when needed, underscoring patient data access barriers that could impact patient health outcomes.
Even though the vast majority of Americans want quick patient data access, many of them struggle to obtain their health records, uncovered a new survey conducted by Propellar Insights on behalf of DrFirst.
The survey of more than 1,000 healthcare consumers over age 18 found that 92 percent of patients think it’s important to have quick and seamless access to their medical records. However, 45 percent of patients reported having trouble getting health records from a patient portal and 42 percent stated that they even had trouble getting health records from...