AHA: Most Wired Hospitals, 7 Key Findings
Submitted By Anonymous, Created 07/18/2017 - 10:18
- 76% offer secure messaging with clinicians on mobile devices
- 74% use secure e-mails for patients and families that require ongoing monitoring at home, as a way to keep in touch with the care team
- 68% simplify prescription renewals by letting patients make requests on mobile devices.
- 62% add data reported by patients to the electronic health record to get a better picture of what is going on with the patient
- Close to 50% of the hospitals are using telehealth to provide behavioral health services to more patients
- 40% of the Most Wired Hospitals offer virtual physician visits
- More than 40% provide real-time care management services to patients at home for diabetes and congestive heart failure
Source: American Hospital Association
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