UPDATE ON THE ADOPTION OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND

RELATED EFFORTS TO FACILITATE THE ELECTRONIC USE AND EXCHANGE OF HEALTH INFORMATION

A REPORT TO CONGRESS – June 2013   

(KEY Diagrams from Report) – For DFWHCF Board Meeting   Figure 1.  Percentage of office‐based physicians with EHRs: United States, 2008–2012  

  NOTES: “Any EHR system” is a medical or health record system that is all or partially electronic (excluding billing systems). A basic EHR includes: patient history and demographics, patient problem lists, physician clinical notes, comprehensive list of patients' medications and allergies, computerized orders for prescriptions, and view laboratory and imaging results electronically. SOURCE: ONC analysis of the National Center for Health Statistics’ 2008-2012 National Electronic Health Records Surveys.

• In 2012, nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of office-based physicians adopted an EHR that was all or partially electronic, up from 42 percent in 2008 (Figure 1).

• Between 2009 and 2012, the percentage of office-based physicians adopting a basic EHR system with certain advanced capabilities nearly doubled, growing from 21 percent to 40 percent.     

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Figure 3.  Percent of physicians with computerized capabilities to meet Meaningful Use core objectives: 2009‐2012  

  2012 is significantly different from 2009 for all computerized capabilities (p < 0.01). SOURCE: ONC analysis of National Center for Health Statistics’ 2009-2012 National Electronic Health Records Surveys.

• Since HITECH was enacted, physician adoption of EHR technology to meet each of five EHR Incentive Programs’ Meaningful Use core objectives has increased by at least 66 percent (Figure 3).

• Since 2009, the percent of physicians with e-prescribing has more than doubled (119 percent increase).     

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Figure 6.  Percent of physicians with computerized capabilities to meet selected EHR Incentive Programs’ Meaningful Use Stage 1 core objectives: 2012  

 

NOTE: These computerized capabilities correspond to 13 of 15 Meaningful Use core objectives for Stage 1; survey data were not available two objectives: perform a test of capacity to electronically exchange clinical information and protect electronic health information. SOURCE: ONC analysis of the National Center for Health Statistics’ 2012 National Electronic Health Records Survey.

• In 2012, half or more of office-based physicians had adopted EHR technology to meet twelve individual EHR Incentive Programs’ Meaningful Use Stage 1 core objectives (Figure 6).

• In 2012, at least two-thirds of physicians had computerized capabilities to meet nine individual Meaningful Use core objectives to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.      

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Figure 12.  Number of REC assisted providers by EHR implementation milestone  

  SOURCE: ONC Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Database, Data as of March, 2013     

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NTREC Comparison (To Above Charts):  

NTREC Percentage of PCPs Live on an EHR and at MU Stage 1

(As of July 16, 2013)

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