Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems among U.S. Non-Federal Acute Care Hospitals: 2008-2015
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The adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) are key objectives of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 and the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (1). This brief uses data from the American Hospital Association to describe trends in adoption of EHR technology among non-federal acute care hospitals from 2008 to 2015. It tracks the adoption of Basic EHR systems and the possession of certified EHR technology. Unless otherwise stated, this brief refers to Basic EHR adoption with clinical notes, a measure which represents a minimum use of 10 core functionalities determined to be essential to an EHR system (see Table A1)(2).
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