National Estimates of Electronic Medical Records in Different Health Care Sectors
| Percent with EMR/EHR or Function by Sector | ||||
| Survey | Definition of EMR/EHR or Function Studied | Hospitals | Physicians (Ambulatory Care) | Nursing Homes |
| 200515 | Electronic documentation of patient characteristics—could include clinical notes or only demographics | 59% | ||
| 200316 | Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) | 5% | ||
| 2005 NAMCS17 | Full or partial electronic medical record* | 25% | ||
| Full EMR† | 9% | |||
| 2007/0818 | Basic EHR‡ | 13% | ||
| Fully functional EHR§ | 4% | |||
| 2004 NNHS | The MDS—patient assessment information | 96% | ||
| EHR A: Patient medical records—includes MDS, nurses' notes, and physician notes | 43% | |||
| EHR B: Patient medical records, physician orders, medication orders/drug dispensing, laboratory/procedures information | 20% | |||
| EHR C: Same components as EHR B (above) plus medication administration information | 17% | |||
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EMR = electronic medical record; EHR = electronic health record.
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↵* Answered yes to question “Do you use full or partial (part paper, part electronic) electronic medical records?” OR had all 4 components of a full EMR.
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↵† Had all 4 of these computerized functions: orders for prescriptions, orders for tests, test results, physician notes.
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↵‡ Had all these electronic functions: patient demographics, patient problem lists, medication lists, clinical notes, orders for prescriptions, viewing laboratory results, viewing imaging results.
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↵§ All of the functions of basic EHR plus various clinical decision support tools (e.g., out of range test levels highlighted).
