New cancer patients check EHRs twice as often

Using data from the National Cancer Institute’s nationally representative Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), researchers from HHS’ Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT analyzed the access and use of health information by individuals with cancer, survivors and others from 2020-2022. In the new data brief, ASTP/ONC officials said that 80% of those with a recent cancer diagnosis were offered access to their online medical records between 2020 and 2022, representing a 38% increase over those newly diagnosed and offered electronic health record access from 2017-2018.