Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 19 June 2008
Catherine M. DesRoches, Eric G. Campbell, Sowmya R. Rao, Karen Donelan, Timothy G. Ferris, Ashish K. Jha
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Physicians who use electronic health records believe such systems improve the quality of care and are generally satisfied with the systems, but as of early 2008, electronic systems had been adopted by only a small minority of U.S. physicians, who may differ from later adopters of these systems.
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Physicians who use electronic health records believe such systems improve the quality of care and are generally satisfied with the systems. However, as of early 2008, electronic systems had been adopted by only a small minority of U.S. physicians, who may differ from later adopters of these systems.
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