Industry 'should harness' IFA use of digital medical records - SAMI

86.5% want electronic health records

Adam Saville
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Survey as part of CII/SAMI report finds lack of awareness around EHRs but strong support for them

An independent report looking at the future digitalisation of patient records in conjunction with underwriting has found that the vast majority of independent financial advisers are in favour of the use of electronic health records (EHRs). According to a survey carried out by iPipeline as part of ‘Shaping the future of medical records and protection insurance', a report from Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and SAMI Consulting, 86.5% of IFAs said they would like to use an EHR system themselves to request their clients' medical records.    However only 42.5% were aware that there wa...

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