Hospital capabilities to enable patient electronic access to health information: 2019

Hospital capabilities to enable patient electronic access to health information: 2019

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
ONC data brief
Author(s):
Johnson, Christian, MPH (based on t.p. from bib 9918317680806676), author
Barker, Wesley, author
Contributor(s):
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, June 2021
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Access to Information
Electronic Health Records
Hospitals -- statistics & numerical data
Patient Portals -- statistics & numerical data
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
A patient's access to their health information is required and reinforced through multiple federal policy levers. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program certifies health information technology (IT) that enables patient access to their electronic medical record (1). Starting in 2014, hospitals were incentivized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program to adopt certified health IT that enabled patients to electronically view, download, and transmit their health information. In 2019, CMS required hospitals to provide their patients with the ability to access their health information via an application programming interface (API) using an app of their choice (2). This data brief presents the latest national estimates on the proportion of U.S. hospitals that enabled patient electronic access to their health information.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918317680806676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918317680806676