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J Am Med Inform Assoc 4:213-221 doi:10.1136/jamia.1997.0040213
  • The Practice of Informatics

The Barriers to Electronic Medical Record Systems and How to Overcome Them

Table 2

The Number of Different Kinds of Care Providing Sites in the United States

Type Number
Hospitals 5,000+
Nursing homes (as of 1985) 19,000
Pharmacies (as of 9-9-86) 59,722
Physician offices (estimate) 200,000
Laboratories (non-physician) 63,000
Emergency rooms (as of 1995) 4,856
Hospice care (as of 6-96, incl. planned) 2,800
Home care agencies (as of 1983) 4,258

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