Healthcare IT News October 23, 2023
Individuals increased their use of apps to access their online medical records between 2020 and 2022, while web-only access to portals decreased, according to an analysis of national survey data.
To track the use of web-based patient portals and smartphone applications by patients seeking their health information, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released an analysis of Health Information National Trends Survey data, which regularly gathers data on many aspects of health communications.
WHY IT MATTERS
There are a number of highlights in ONC’s new publication, Individuals’ Access and Use of Patient Portals and Smartphone Health Apps by Catherine Strawley and Chelsea Richwine, that details how access to medical records “has increased consistently over time.”
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