The survey polled 500 consumers who use mobile and/or Internet-connected health applications/devices and are enrolled in a 2016 health plan.
Here are four insights:
1. Most (55 percent) are accessing their EHR to stay informed, while 40 percent do not have access to an EHR.
2. While 71 percent access the EHR when they need to, 15 percent say it’s hard to understand the information.
3. A majority (69 percent) of consumers have access to their lab work and blood results in the EHR; 60 percent have access to their prescription medication history; and 55 percent can access billing information.
4. Fifty-six percent can see everything their physician/provider sees.
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