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New Cancer Patients Check EHRs Twice as Often
Using data from the National Cancer Institute’s nationally representative Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), researchers from HHS' Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT analyzed the access and use of health information by individuals with cancer, survivors and others from 2020-2022.In the new data brief, ASTP/ONC officials said that 80% of those with a recent cancer diagnosis were offered access to their online medical records between 2020 and 2022, representing a 38% increase over those newly diagnosed and offered electronic health record access from 2017-2018.The researchers looked at nearly 10,000 survey responses from HINTS 5 Cycle 4 (2020) and HINTS 6 (2022) in their quest to assess the impacts of health communication, finding that rates of EHR access were higher among individuals with a recent cancer diagnosis (82%) compared with cancer survivors (71%) and those who never had cancer (72%).
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Many providers have focused on giving cancer patients critical data to help them understand their specific condition and engage them in shared decision-making.As a pioneer in virtual care delivery, the Cleveland Clinic has also looked to help oncology patients confront their diagnoses and make decisions with online access to specialists via telehealth, said Frank McGillin, CEO of The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic. Telehealth has only improved the care experience for cancer patients, McGillin told HealthcareITNews last year.
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