BC Advantage - 2006 Issue 9

Electronic Medical Records use by Office-based Physicians in 2005

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) recently released data regarding the use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) by office-based physicians during 2005.The NAMCS used many criterions to determine physician eligibility for the survey. Criterions such as the size of the physicians office based practice and whether they used full or partial (part paper, part electronic) EMRs. If they responded yes to the use of EMR's (either partial or full) they were asked further questions.For the purpose of the survey there were four features deemed minimally necessary for a complete EMR system. The four features included -...

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