Source
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Ambulatory Care Survey (2004-2011) and National Electronic Health Record Survey (2012-present)
Citation
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. 'Office-based Physician Electronic Health Record Adoption,' Health IT Quick-Stat #50. https://www.healthit.gov/data/quickstats/office-based-physician-electronic-health-record-adoption.
As of 2021, nearly 9 in 10 (88%) of U.S. office-based physicians adopted any electronic health record (EHR)[2], and nearly 4 in 5 (78%) had adopted a certified EHR[4]. This is a consistent trend since 2015. Since 2008, office-based physician adoption of any EHRs has more than doubled, from 42% to 88%. Since ONC and the CDC began tracking it in 2014, the percent of office-based physicians that adopted a certified EHR increased from 74% to 78%
| Year | Any EHR | Basic EHR | Certified EHR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 20.8% | -- | -- |
| 2005 | 23.9% | -- | -- |
| 2006 | 29.2% | 10.5% | -- |
| 2007 | 34.8% | 11.8% | -- |
| 2008 | 42.0% | 16.9% | -- |
| 2009 | 48.3% | 11.8% | -- |
| 2010 | 51.0% | 27.9% | -- |
| 2011 | 57.0% | 33.9% | -- |
| 2012 | 71.8% | 39.6% | -- |
| 2013 | 78.4% | 48.1% | -- |
| 2014 | 82.8% | 50.5% | 74.0% |
| 2015 | 86.9% | 53.9% | 77.9% |
| 2016 | 86.9% | -- | 77.0% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | -- | 79.7% |
| 2018 | 92.1% | -- | 78.7% |
| 2019 | 90.0% | -- | 72.0% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | -- | 78.0% |
- Physicians adopted a Basic EHR if they reported their practice performed all of the following computerized functions: patient demographics, patient problem lists, electronic lists of medications taken by patients, clinician notes, orders for medications, viewing laboratory results, and viewing imaging results. The core capabilities of a Basic EHR were defined by DesRoches, et al. in the 2008 manuscript.
- Any EHR system is a medical or health record system that is either all or partially electronic, and excludes systems solely for billing.
- Data include non-federal, office-based physicians, and exclude radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists.
- A certified EHR system is one that meets the requirements adopted by the US Department of Health and Human Services.