The average health system uses 18 EHRs

Jan 4, 2024

The typical health system uses 18 different EHR vendors across affiliated providers, yet these systems often lack seamless communication capabilities, leading to challenges, Lown Institute reported Jan. 2.

These challenges include patients encountering difficulties in accessing their data, physicians ordering redundant tests, patients being labeled as alive when they are deceased and limited interoperability with federal and state records.

The average health system uses 18 EHRs

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