Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems: United States, 2011

July 18, 2012
Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics analyzed 3,180 responses to the 2011 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) Physician Workflow mail survey. The survey found that in 2011 about 55% of office-based physicians treating ambulatory patients had adopted an electronic health records (EHRs), and that 77% of those with an EHRs reported that their system meets federal Meaningful Use criteria. The Physician Workflow survey was sent only to physicians who treat ambulatory patients in a physicians’ office and who had responded to the NAMCS, surveys were . . .