“As health care providers make preparations to implement electronic health record (EHR) solutions and qualify for federal incentives outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, SK&A, A Cegedim Company, released its updated “Physician Office Usage of Electronic Healthcare Records Software” report, which shows a 36.1 percent EHR adoption rate in U.S. medical offices — a 3.2 percent increase since the February 2009 version of the study.
Like its predecessor study, the latest report identifies physician adoption rates by office size, practice size, practice specialties, patient volume, ownership, geography and other variables. This updated study also measures the level of software functionality available to and being utilized by physicians in medical offices to support the government’s newly defined “meaningful use” criteria.”
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Advance, 8 March 2010
