There is a very interesting post over at The Healthcare IT Guy which shows the actual use of EMRs in the United States. The report shows usage broken down into several catagories including the number of physicians at a site, number of exam rooms, patient volume, hospital/health system ownership, practice speciality, State and a few others. The report is based on a survey by SK&A of 180,000 medical sites.
Below is a sample of the full report. Notice that overall only 36% of those surveyed reported that they have implemented an EMR. The number of small practices with 1 -2 physicians is higher and the number of midsize practices is lower and decreases as the amount of physicians increase. The number that is surprising is that in large practices with over 26 physicians, 71% of them have implemented an EMR. Imagine the amount of paper charts that are generated each year for the 29% of large practices that have not implemented an EMR.
Take a look at the full report and see how your practice compares.
