Survey: Many providers use EHRs for data analytics capabilities

Many health care organizations are using electronic health record systems to support their data analytics capabilities, according to a survey by HIMSS Analytics, Health Data Management reports. or the survey, researchers reviewed the HIMSS Analytics data warehouse and polled 189 health care organization officials, the majority of whom were director- or C-suite-level executives. Results were compared with a similar 2013 study that also measured the provider analytics field. Overall, the survey found that health care organizations' adoption of clinical and business intelligence solutions increased by six percentage points between 2013 and 2015, from 46% to 52%.