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Industry Voices—Patient access to data needs Qualified Health Information Network parity
In the complex world of interoperability, ensuring that the right patient data is accessible across healthcare providers is not just a technical challenge, it’s also a lifeline for patients, especially those navigating complex medical journeys. Patients gaining access to their records is the next horizon in interoperability. Surveys show there is an appetite among healthcare consumers for obtaining and managing their health data electronically. At least 61% of survey respondents want to access their medical records on mobile device apps or through an online patient portal, especially specific kinds of health data, like laboratory test results (89%); their history of medical conditions and past diagnoses (88%); treatment plans (87%); and X-rays, CAT scans, or MRIs (87%). Perhaps as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients (87% of survey respondents) wanted access to their immunization records.
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The Cures Act also established TEFCA, leveraging an earlier standard for exchanging medical records. The TEFCA FHIR for IAS solution enables smarter searching functionality to locate a patient’s clinical data, ideally creating a standard for all Qualified Health Information Networks (QHIN) to align to, rooted in trust as a collaborative network. Current FHIR for IAS functionality requires that the patient know where their data is, have access to their provider’s portal, and know their provider’s portal login credentials.
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