by In a recent report to the U.S. Congress, the U.S. National Medical IT Coordination Office (ONC) explained the progress of electronic health record (EHR) information exchange in the United States. For example, by 2021, 96% of non-federal emergency hospitals and Nearly 80% of physicians use ONC-certified EHR systems, but the report also points out deficiencies, such as modernization of medical institutions and public health organization systems, insufficient exchange of EHR information between states, and lack of long-term support. Incentives, etc., for institutions such as care and hospice. Therefore, ONC recommends that Congress should improve EHR information exchange through measures such as equal sharing of health information and incentives for cross-system data sharing.
