Although 76 percent of hospitals reported exchange with outside ambulatory care providers and outside hospitals — a number that has been trending upward since 2010 — rates of integrating care records lag, according to the report. Technical issues and operational and financial issues to a lesser degree are the top barriers to interoperability and, ultimately, better HIE.
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