23% Of ACOs Use Paper Charts To Integrate Clinical Systems

About 23% of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and ACO-like entities use paper charts to facilitate clinical integration of systems and promote efficiency and better coordination of care. About 31% of ACOs and ACO-like entities are using a single electronic medical record (EMR) system to connect participating provider organizations, and 26% use an internal Health Information Exchange (HIE) to connect provider organizations. About 59% have provider organizations using more than one EMR system.

These findings were reported in “Pharmacy Trends in ACOs, 2014” by the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI). The report is PBMI’s first on pharmacy management . . .