Survey: Larger Medical Practices More Likely To Implement EHRs

Larger medical practices are more likely than smaller practices to have  implemented electronic health record systems, according to a survey by health care research firm  SK&A, NextGov‘s “Health IT Update” reports (Pulley, “Health IT Update,” NextGov, 10/25).

The report is based on an ongoing telephone survey of 237,562 U.S. medical  practices (SK&A release, 10/24).

Practice Size-Related Findings

Researchers noted that 40.4% of the medical practices surveyed had adopted  EHRs. They also found that:

• 75.5% of medical practices with 26 or more physicians had adopted EHRs,  compared with about 30.8% of solo practices;
• 66.1% of medical practices that saw 101 or more patients per day had adopted  EHRs, compared with 36% of practices that saw 50 or fewer patients per day; and
• 64.1% of medical practices with 11 or more exam rooms had adopted EHRs,  compared with 28.2% of practices with one exam room (Merrill, Healthcare IT News, 10/25).

Additional Findings

The report also found that:

• 64% of medical practices owned by health care systems had adopted EHRs;
• 60% of practices owned by hospitals had adopted EHRs; and
• 39% of practices not owned by health care systems or hospitals had adopted  EHRs.

Researchers found that medical practices specializing in dialysis and  pathology had the highest EHR adoption rates at 65% and 62%, respectively.

Medical practices specializing in psychiatry and holistic medicine had the  lowest EHR adoption rates at 17% (“Health IT Update,” NextGov,  10/25).

Source: iHealthBeat

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