How many insurance companies have viewing access to your electronic medical record (EMR)?
And with that access, do you see a difference in their behavior, compared to others?
We have recently embarked on the usage of a new EMR across our organization. As we have implemented that EMR, we have removed viewing access from many payors. There is a much longer story, and we are implementing a portal for them to use, but I think about where we were and where we have come to, and I just thought that today I would touch briefly on some thoughts of having insurance companies with viewing access to your EMR.
I wonder, if you have companies that have such access, can you answer a few questions for me?
I am sure there are more questions I could pose to you, but I think this should be enough to see if that relationship is a win for the insurance company, a win for the patient who has that insurance, and a win for the organization.
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