Electronic Medical Record Use by Office-Based Physicians: United States, 2005

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• Personal Author:
  Burt, Catharine W. ; Hing, Esther, ; Woodwell, David
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  The latest data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) indicate that one-quarter of oce-basedphysicians report using fully or partially electronic medical record systems (EMR) in 2005, a 31% increase from the 18.2percent reported in the 2001 survey.
  
  To better understand physicians’ use of EMRs, the 2005 NAMCS included questionsabout EMR system features that health information technology experts consider to be the minimal requirements of acomplete EMR, such as computerized orders for prescriptions, computerized orders for tests, reporting of test results, andphysician notes. Based on these requirements, only one in ten of the physicians surveyed is considered to be using EMRs. Thisreport presents estimates of EMR use by physician, practice, and location characteristics of oce-based physicians.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  ID21_HEStat_electronic(21).pdf
• Subjects:
  Medical Records Systems, Computerized
• Source:
  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Health E-Stats
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Division:
  Division of Health Care Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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