95% of physicians have trouble delivering care due to inaccessible patient records & 4 other health IT findings

Here are five findings on health IT interoperability and accessibility to patient records, according to a national Epocrates survey, published by athenahealth.

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•    Ninety-five percent of physicians experienced a delay or difficulty delivering medical care because patients’ health records were not accessible/shared.
•    Only 14 percent of physicians said they can access usable electronic health information across all care delivery sites.
•    Eighty-seven percent of physicians identified EHR technical shortcomings as the leading barrier to interoperability.
•    Around 79 percent of physicians ranked the ability to access relevant patient data from other EHR systems as “very important.”
•    Even when physicians practice within the same organization, only 44 percent report they can share patient information.

 

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