Becker's Healthcare July 18, 2019

Though American healthcare providers have embraced the use of EHRs at record-high rates, they lag behind the rest of the world in adopting other digital health technologies such as telehealth and artificial intelligence.

Additionally, according to Philips’ Future Health Index 2019 report, though U.S. clinicians rely more on EHRs to share patient information than those in many other countries, they are much less satisfied with the effects of that reliance.

Here are three key takeaways from the report, which surveyed more than 3,100 healthcare professionals in 15 countries.

1. Of the U.S. providers surveyed, 84 percent use EHRs in their practice, considerably higher than the 15-country average of 76...

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