Larger medical practices are more likely than smaller practices to have implemented electronic health record systems, according to a survey by health care research firm SK&A, NextGov‘s “Health IT Update” reports (Pulley, “Health IT Update,” NextGov, 10/25).
The report is based on an ongoing telephone survey of 237,562 U.S. medical practices (SK&A release, 10/24).
Practice Size-Related Findings
Researchers noted that 40.4% of the medical practices surveyed had adopted EHRs. They also found that:
Additional Findings
The report also found that:
Researchers found that medical practices specializing in dialysis and pathology had the highest EHR adoption rates at 65% and 62%, respectively.
Medical practices specializing in psychiatry and holistic medicine had the lowest EHR adoption rates at 17% (“Health IT Update,” NextGov, 10/25).
Source: iHealthBeat
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