Medical groups' adoption of electronic health records and information systems.

David N. Gans; John Kralewski; Terry Hammons; Bryan Dowd

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Medical groups' adoption of electronic health records and information systems.

July 20, 2009

Gans DN, Kralewski J, Hammons T, et al. Health Aff. 2005;24(5):1323-1333.

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This AHRQ-funded study found that medical group practices are slowly adopting electronic medical records (EMR) and that cost and lack of physician support are barriers to implementation.

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