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Only 14% of patients get their medical records electronically from their physician?s offices, and 30% don?t know why they would need to do so, finds a new report by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health Research Institute. The finding has implications for you and your peers in practices and organizations that hope to reap federal stimulus payments.
Only 14% of patients get their medical records electronically from their physicians' offices, and 30% don’t know why they would need to do so, finds a new report by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health Research Institute. The finding has implications for you and your peers in practices and organizations that hope to reap federal stimulus payments.
“Successful use of electronic health information will ultimately be measured in better patient outcomes, higher quality, and reduced costs,” says Bruce Henderson, director and national leader of the EHR-HIE practice for PwC.
The “Putting Patients into Meaningful Use” report details these and other findings of a survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers:
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