A research by the Medical Group Man...

A research by the Medical Group Management Association Center for Research and the University of Minnesota seminary of Public Health, Minneapolis, has captured the in every one's mouth state of adoption of electronic health records (EHR) at U.S. medical group practices. More than 3300 medical collection practices participated in the Assessing Adoption of Health Information Technology exhibit which was funded by AHRQ. The investigation shows that approximately 14 percent of all medical cluster practices use an EHR. Of those assemblages 11.5 percent indicated that an EHR was abundantly implemented for all physicians and at all practice locations. More significantly, the research exhibit tos that only 12.5 percent of medical assemblage practices with five or fewer full-time-equivalent physicians have adopted an EHR The EHR adoption rate increased with the size of practice: clusters with six to 10 full-time physicians reported a 152 percent adoption rate, assemblages with 11 to 20 full-time physicians reported an 189 percent adoption rate, and assemblages of 20 or more full-time physicians had a 195 percent adoption rate. Other data showed that approximately 13 percent of collections were in the process of implementing an EHR; about 14 percent said implementation is planned in the nearest year; and about 20 percent said implementation was planned in 13 to 24 month The remaining disposes have no immediate plans for EHR adoption. Among practices with no immediate plans for implementation, the difference between large and small arranges is striking: 47.8 percent of practices with five or fewer full-time physicians compared with and nothing else 20.7 percent of practices with 21 or more physicians. The contemplation results are highlighted in the September-October edition of Health Affairs.

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