New data show that although hospitals are using electronic methods to exchange summary of care records, they are still using paper.
A majority of hospitals last year used more than one electronic method to routinely send (78 percent) and receive (61 percent) summary of care records with outside healthcare organizations, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
Nonetheless, while a majority of hospitals used more than one electronic method to send and receive summary of care records, most hospitals “still used both paper-based and electronic methods,” finds ONC’s new data brief.
