The report was based on an ongoing telephone survey of 240,281 U.S. medical sites.
According to the report, for the first time in two years solo and small practices are outpacing larger group practices in EHR adoption.
For the second half of 2011, the adoption rate for single-doctor offices jumped 6 percentage points, from 30.8 percent to 36.9 percent, while the adoption rate for offices with 6 to 10 doctors jumped only 2 percentage points, from 63 percent to 65 percent.
Other findings from the report include the following trends:
• The overall EHR adoption rate rises as the number of physicians practicing at each site rises.
• The EHR adoption rate rises as the number of exam rooms at each site rises.
• EHR adoption rises as the average daily patient volume at each site rises.
• Medical practices owned by hospitals or health systems had higher adoption rates.
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