Executive Briefings | May 3, 2019
New Consumer Rights To Data = New IT Challenges
The good news: 84% of specialty provider organizations have an electronic health record (EHR). The bad? Hardly any specialty provider organizations have health information exchange (HIE) capabilities—at last count, less than half could exchange data (see IT Spending Follows The Money).
Why is this bad news? Our team has written before why HIE is essential for specialty provider organization survival. It's the key for participating in integrated care, whole person care, social determinants initiatives, and much more. But, HIE and more data sharing flexibility . . .