AHA: Most Wired Hospitals, 7 Key Findings

1. 76% offer secure messaging with clinicians on mobile devices
2. 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
3. 68% simplify prescription renewals by letting patients make requests on mobile devices.
4. 62% add data reported by patients to the electronic health record to get a better picture of what is going on with the patient
5. Close to 50% of the hospitals are using telehealth to provide behavioral health services to more patients
6. 40% of the Most Wired Hospitals offer virtual physician visits
7. More than 40% provide real-time care management services to patients at home for diabetes and congestive heart failure

Source: American Hospital Association
Source URL: http://www.aha.org/presscenter/pressrel/2017/071017-pr-mostw...

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