| EHR Usage Up at Practices with More Doctors: Report |
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| Written by The Buzz | |||
| Tuesday, 01 November 2011 06:01 | |||
The larger a medical practice is, the more likely it is to adopt an electronic health record system, according to new study. The report, highlighted in Healthcare IT News, indicates that there is an overall adoption rate of 40% and that number generally increases with the number of doctors at each site. For example, a site with one doctor has a 30% adoption rate, while a practice with 26 physicians has a 75% adoption rate. Click here to read the full article. | |||
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About the Author: Jeff Merron is a full-time freelance editor, journalist, and copywriter who has written for the New York Times Magazine, ESPN.com, Slate, Byte Magazine, Macworld, Consumers Digest, and many other national publications. He's also a regular contributor to IT Business Insider and 108, a baseball magazine. He has a Ph.D. in Mass Communication Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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