Source: HealthLeaders
EHRs may be commonplace in healthcare, but that doesn’t mean everyone can access them, according to a new report from the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Now that patients have had a taste for easy access to their health records, they’re demanding more. During the pandemic, patients wanted access to their records following a telehealth visit and to obtain COVID 19 test results. More patients also wanted to message their providers following the pandemic, at a rate of 53% in 2018, and climbing up to 64% in 2022.