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Digital Dividends Realized: Hospital Patient Engagement Capabilities
Meghan Gabriel | January 13, 2026
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago.”
This quote from Warren Buffett on investment portfolios could describe the evolution of patient engagement over the past decade. Much like a carefully built portfolio, the dividends from years of investments in health IT continue to emerge. It is useful to take stock of the dividends of our digitization efforts.
A Decade of Data: Progressing Patient-Centric Care through Health IT
Meghan Gabriel | October 31, 2024
Earlier this year we celebrated the 20th birthday of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (hereafter ASTP) and reflected on the transformative impact of health IT on patient care delivery in the US. These developments have been instrumental in creating a more connected and patient-focused health care system, supporting our goal of seamless data exchange between health care providers, and enabling real-time access to critical patient health information.
Read Full Post.A Decade of Data Examined: The Evolution of Electronic Prescribing
Meghan Gabriel | July 15, 2024
The electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) landscape continues to evolve and many positive advances have been made over the past decade. This blog post showcases the rapid growth in e-prescribing, steps taken towards laying the essential groundwork for the current state of e-prescribing, and what remains to be accomplished. This post is our third in the “A Decade of Data Examined” blog series.
Read Full Post.Raising the Bar on Interoperability – A Decade of Data Show that “Sometimes” Isn’t Good Enough
Meghan Gabriel | June 17, 2024
A decade ago, as EHRs were rapidly implemented across the country, ONC sought to make sure these newly implemented technologies were interoperable. Since 2014, ONC has tracked progress toward widespread interoperability among hospitals and physicians by measuring their engagement in four domains of health information exchange: electronically finding, sending, receiving, and integrating patient health information. As shown in the figure below, US hospitals experienced widespread progress toward interoperability with 70% of hospitals reporting that they ‘sometimes’ or ‘often’ engaged in all four domains in 2023,
Read Full Post.The Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances is on the rise
Meghan Gabriel | December 31, 2014
Over the past couple of years, EPCS – the electronic prescribing of controlled substances – has increased dramatically. This has potential benefits for both patients and health care system costs.
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