tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 34

STUDIES & SURVEYS: Physician Offices Are Behind The Times On EHRs

To get up to speed, start looking under the sofa cushions for an extra $32,000Experts tout electronic health records (EHRs) as the all-purpose solution to the problems of physician offices--but most offices haven't yet taken the plunge. The hurdle is cost.Just 14.1 percent of all group practices have adopted EHRs, according to a survey of 3,000 practices released Sept. 8 by the Medical Group Management Association.Only 12.5 percent of small practices with five physicians or less have adopted EHRs. And 11.5 percent of practices said they'd implemented EHRs fully for all locations...

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