{"id":165485,"date":"2021-06-28T22:16:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T22:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.healthit.gov\/dashboard_stats\/hospital-capability-send-and-receive-secure-electronic-messages\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:24:09","slug":"hospital-capability-send-and-receive-secure-electronic-messages","status":"publish","type":"quick-stat","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/quickstats\/hospital-capability-send-and-receive-secure-electronic-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital Capability to Send and Receive Secure Electronic Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1da0c00ed84021cc32d3833c10be2e71\"><strong>Percent of Hospitals Able to Send and Receive Secure Electronic Messages Containing Patient Health Information to and from External Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 4 in 10 hospitals (41%) report that providers at the hospital 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