Good news for the health care industry: Electronic health records will soon be shared easily among providers, and patients will get new apps to check their data on their smart phones.
That’s the expected result of an agreement announced Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services. Companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by U.S. hospitals have agreed to use a single shared standard to communicate with each other, and they’ve pledged not to block electronic…Good news for the health care industry: Electronic health records will soon be shared easily among providers, and patients will get new apps to check their data on their smart phones.
That’s the expected result of an agreement announced Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services. Companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by U.S. hospitals have agreed to use a single shared standard to communicate with each other, and they’ve pledged not to block electronic…