How Many Health Systems Have Advanced HIT Capabilities?

Jan. 11, 2019

Adoption of advanced health IT capabilities—such as predictive analytic functions and patient access to records—varies among U.S. healthcare organizations, but health systems that standardize their EHRs (electronic health records) and that own and manage hospitals and medical groups have higher rates of advanced health IT adoption and use, according to new research.

The research, recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care, set out to identify characteristics that may drive the advanced health IT adoption variability among health systems.

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