Patient data access speeds up after 21st Century Cures Act

Patient Engagement March 29, 2024
Sara Heath

The faster pace of patient data access calls into question how providers prepare clinical notes and communicate with laboratory testing sites.

Patients are waiting less time to access their imaging and radiology reports today, according to a new report, a trend that’s the credit of the 21st Century Cures Act and the information blocking rules that were intended to improve patient data access.

But as the odds that a patient will see their imaging results before their ordering provider increase, it’s going to be important to augment the imaging interpretation and note-writing process to ensure a good patient experience, researchers advised.

The Cures Act information blocking provisions affected patient data access by requiring healthcare providers, hospitals, and health systems to...

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