Physicians’ lack of EHR sharing sends most patients looking elsewhere for care, survey finds

Becker's Healthcare August 5, 2020
Jackie Drees

Healthcare consumers across the U.S. are becoming increasingly disappointed in the lack of health data sharing between providers, with more than two-thirds considering switching physicians, according to an Aug. 3 Black Book Research report.

For its report, Black Book surveyed 2,517 healthcare consumers in all 50 states in July about their providers’ data-sharing abilities and their interoperability perceptions.

Five survey insights:

1. Sixty-seven percent of respondents said they will consider changing their physician and hospital providers within the next year after learning their health records were not shareable, available or blocked in the last year.

2. Twenty-two percent of consumers said they experienced difficulties or were unable to access their providers...

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