Hill March 12, 2024
Leading health data logistics company Datavant announced Tuesday it will no longer be charging patients for health records requests as part of what it calls its commitment to ensuring a “safe flow of patient information across the healthcare ecosystem.”
Datavant said in a statement that it processed over 2 million patient requests in 2023. The company’s network includes 70 percent of the top 100 health systems in the U.S. Officials from the company said they are the first release-of-information service to provide free access to records.
“As we move into a place where there’s the availability of more digital connectivity, we no longer have people who are swivel chairing between like multiple screens in order to get medical records,” Datavant’s...