It Seems That Patients All Over Really Are Not Wanting To Browse Their Electronic Medical Records Very Often.

This appeared last week:National hospital data shows patients not accessing EHRs By Greg SlabodkinDecember 16, 2019, 12:05 a.m. EST While more than 95 percent of patients discharged from hospitals were able to view, download and transmit their electronic health records, just 10 percent actually used the information, according to national hospital data.A study published in the journal Health Affairs leveraged nationwide data from 2,410 hospitals and found that patient use of EHRs was disproportionately low across all hospital types —although access rates were highest among system-member, teaching and for-profit hospitals.  “In contrast, access rates were lower for hospitals in the highest quartile for disproportionate share hospital status and for hospitals located in counties with high proportions of residents who were dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid; use rates were lower for hospitals in counties with a high proportion of residents who were dually eligible, lacked... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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