About 55 percent of office-based physicians responding to a government survey said they use some form of electronic health record system. Of those who do 85 percent said they were either very satisfied (38 ) or somewhat satisfied (47) with their systems.
And more than seven in 10 said they were satisfied enough with the selection that they would purchase the same EHR system again. More than 3000 physicians responded to the survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
EHR systems give physicians the ability to prescribe medication electronically view lab and imaging results and access public-health reporting immunization registries and decision support tools. About three-quarters of adopters reported that using their HER system resulted in chanced patient care. Physicians reported having accessed a patients charge remotely (74) and having been alerted to critical lab values (50) by using their EHR system within the past 30 days as key benefits of an HER system.
The EHR adoption rate for solo practitioners was 29 percent compared to 60 percent for two-physician practices 62 percent for three to 10 physicians in a group and 86 percent for groups of 11 physicians or more. Most office-based EHR adopters (59) still have self-contained systems in which the software and data are hosted on-site by the practice but Web-based systems accounted for5 41 percent of all adopters.
Differences were observed between physicians who were EHR adopters and nonaopters by age physician specialty practice size and ownership. Generally physicians under age 50 were more likely to adopt HER systems than physicians aged 50 or over. Among the nonadopters 32 percent indicated they had no intention of purchasing an HER in the next 12 months.
* This information is excerpted in part from the Capitol Health Beat newsletter of the Texas Assoc. of Health Plans Aug 2012 Edition
About 55 percent of office-based physicians responding to a government survey said they use some form of electronic health record system. Of those who do 85 percent said they were either very satisfied (38 ) or somewhat satisfied (47) with their systems.
And more than seven in 10 said they were satisfied enough with the selection that they would purchase the same EHR system again. More than 3000 physicians responded to the survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
EHR systems give physicians the ability to prescribe medication electronically view lab and imaging results and access public-health reporting immunization registries and decision support tools. About three-quarters of adopters reported that using their HER system resulted in chanced patient care. Physicians reported having accessed a patients charge remotely (74) and having been alerted to critical lab values (50) by using their EHR system within the past 30 days as key benefits of an HER system.
The EHR adoption rate for solo practitioners was 29 percent compared to 60 percent for two-physician practices 62 percent for three to 10 physicians in a group and 86 percent for groups of 11 physicians or more. Most office-based EHR adopters (59) still have self-contained systems in which the software and data are hosted on-site by the practice but Web-based systems accounted for5 41 percent of all adopters.
Differences were observed between physicians who were EHR adopters and nonaopters by age physician specialty practice size and ownership. Generally physicians under age 50 were more likely to adopt HER systems than physicians aged 50 or over. Among the nonadopters 32 percent indicated they had no intention of purchasing an HER in the next 12 months.
* This information is excerpted in part from the Capitol Health Beat newsletter of the Texas Assoc. of Health Plans Aug 2012 Edition
