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December 2008
 Preliminary Estimates of Electronic Medical Record Use by Office-based
Physicians: United States, 2008
The researchers from the National Center for Health Care Statistics sought to obtain a preliminary estimate of the percentage
of physicians using electronic medical record (EMRs) in their practices. From April through August
2008, the researchers conducted a mail survey of 2,000 office-based
physicians. The report has no analysis of the results.
About 38.4% of office-based physicians reported using EMRs. Of those,
20.4% said the system had basic functions: orders for prescriptions,
orders for tests, viewing laboratory or imaging results, and clinical
notes. The remaining 17% reported using or in the process of
implementing fully featured EMRs with all basic functions plus modules
for drug interaction and contraindication warnings, out-of-range test
levels, and reminders for guideline-based interventions. Only four
percent reported using fully implemented full featured EMRs.
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