Nearly 75% Of Physicians Had Certified EHRs In 2014

In 2014, 74.1% of office-based physicians had a certified electronic health record (EHR) system, up from 67.5% in 2013. In 2014, 32.5% of office-based physicians with a certified EHR system were electronically sharing patient health information with external provider organizations.

These findings were reported in “Adoption Of Certified Electronic Health Record Systems & Electronic Information Sharing In Physician Offices: United States, 2013 & 2014” by Eric W. Jamoom, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.; Ninee Yang, Ph.D.; and Esther Hing, M.P.H. of the National Center for Health Statistics within the Centers . . .