The report of a fresh survey found...

The report of a fresh survey found that while electronic health records (EHRs) still exhibit a significant purchase for primary care doctors, they are approaching affordability for many small practices. The review was conducted by the AAFP's Center for Health Information Technology (CHiT) to broaden available information about the usage and pricing of EHR returnss and about the companies who breed them. Thirty-six of the 50 EHR vendors in the Partners for Patients Initiative participated in the review answering questions on their marketing data, user base, of the present day sales, and company demographics. The inspect indicated that the EHR market, while still young, is beginning to mature, as evidenced by way of a rapid growth in sales and very little in price. The complete report is available onward the CHiT Web site at http://www centerforhit.org/x983.xml.

A strange feature on the CHiT Web site al softs physicians shopping for an EHR a whole to seek recommendations from those who have purchased single Physicians can search by state, practice size, and performance to locate similarly situated doctors who have been between the walls of an implementation in their concede practice and are willing to be contacted for advice. The site is updated continually and can be accessed at http://www.centerforhit.org/mem/cgi-bin/ findfriend.pl.

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