More Than Half of Physicians Now Using Electronic Medical/Health Records

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News More than half (50.7%) of office-based physicians are using all or partial electronic medical or health records (EMR/EHR); the rate is up 19% from 2009, when 48.3% of physicians reported using EHRs or EMRs. For 2010, 50.7% of office-based physicians said they used EHRs or EMRs. About 24.9% reported using a system that met the basic criteria 10.1% reported having systems that met the criteria for a fully functional system. These were the findings of a report, titled “Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health . . .