Earlier this year, we celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Deputy Secretary of the Deputy Secretary in matters of the National Health Coordinator (hereinafter ASTP) and has thought about the health processor impact on patient care provision in the United States. These developments have contributed to creating a more connected health care system focused on patients, to support our transparent data exchange objective between health care providers and to allow real -time access to patient health information.
We have written several blog articles in the past year as part of our series “A decade of data examined” to highlight promising trends and the main achievements in the fields of interoperability, electronic prescription, public health reports and access to patients to health information. The trends examined in these blog articles show striking changes in the landscape of the health care system in a relatively short time:
- Interoperability rates have increased; 70% of hospitals are now engaged in the four fields of exchange of electronic data: to find, send, receive and integrate information on patient health, against only 23% in 2014. This has coordination of care and results for improved patients and helps support transparent information sharing between health care systems. However, the persistent challenges of the integration and standardization of data demonstrate the need to resolve persistent obstacles to exchange and to continue efforts to promote interoperability on a national scale.
- Over the past decade, electronic prescription has become almost universal, 92% of prescribers now using electronic prescription systems. This change has contributed to improving the precision of prescription and patient safety, in particular thanks to the increased use of electronic prescription for controlled substances. Challenges remain to be made a coherent adoption in all health care establishments, highlighting the need for continuous efforts to optimize electronic prescription practices, in particular with regard to previous authorization processes.
- The last decade has experienced significant progress in public health reports; 90% of hospitals are now reporting data on vaccination electronically, against 63% in 2012. Data shows a marked improvement in hospitals’ ability to electrically report vaccinations, laboratory results and syndromic surveillance data, which are all important for a timely and effective public response, especially during emerging health threats.
- Access to patients with electronic health information has also improved; 97% of hospitals and 65% of doctors now offer online access to health records. This expansion has enabled patients to engage more actively in their health care, with patient access to their online medical file more than to double from 25% in 2014 to 57% in 2022. However, disparities in access and use persist, highlighting the need for targeted efforts to guarantee that all patients have fair opportunities to access their electronically health information.
Our recently published manuscript, the evolution of health information technologies for patient care centered on patients in the United States,, Drive deep into this progress thanks to data -based analyzes and offers information and recommendations for the coming road. The document explores how the health of an additional tool has gone to a central component of patient care. We detail the progress made by examining key advances, legislation and initiatives. We also highlight continuous challenges, in particular to reach interoperability on a national scale and solve equity problems. Finally, we offer information and recommendations for the future of health to improve patient centered care.
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We are delighted with the future of health computers and its potential to transform patient care over the next decade. New initiatives like Tefca and the creation of rules proposed in HTI-2 have prepared the field for even more advances in the way health information is shared, accessed and used and help to mitigate the obstacles identified with bidirectional exchange. The integration of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automatic learning, within health systems promises to support more personalized, efficient and accessible health care. ASTP now carries out the coordination of AI policy through HHS and engages in public-private initiatives to actively shape the AI landscape. This will help ensure that using AI in health and social services is fair, appropriate, valid, efficient and safe. We are optimistic about these technological innovations and we are delighted with continuous collaboration, improving patient access to their health information and health care providers taking advantage of a growing number of advanced tools to provide high quality care.
Thanks: the decade of data examined the series of blogs and The evolution of health information technologies for improved care centered on the patient in the United States The newspaper was written by ASTP staff, notably Wesley Barker, Wei Chang, Jordan Everson, Meghan Gabriel, Vaishali Patel, Chelsea Richwine and Catherine Strawley.
