You Have An EHR, But Can You Share Data?

There has been a policy push for provider organizations to adopt electronic health record systems (EHRs) since 2009 (see A Meaningful Use Update and Financial Incentives Key Driver For EHR Adoption). The rationale was simple – we would require (and incentivize) provider organizations to invest in EHRs because consumer data sharing would permit care coordination, reduce duplicate services, and reduce costs.

Where are we with the data sharing part of the proposition? Not far, it appears. The results of the 2016 OPEN MINDS Health & Human Services Technology Survey, released at our recent 2016 OPEN MINDS Technology & Informatics Institute, showed . . .