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Accession Number
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PB2012-113287
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Title
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Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems: United States, 2011. NCHS Data Brief No. 98.
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Publication Date
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Jul 2012
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Media Count
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8p
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Personal Author
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A. Bercovitz D. Woodwell E. Jamoom E. Rectsteiner K. Palso P. Beatty
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Abstract
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One goal of the federal 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is to advance the use of health information technology by providing Medicare and Medicaid incentives to physicians and hospitals that adopt and demonstrate meaningful use (MU) of electronic health record (EHR) systems. This report presents a nationally representative profile of physician use of EHR systems.
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Keywords
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Electronic health record (EHR)
Electronic media
Health information technology
Hospitals
Medicaid
Medical records
Medicare
Physicians
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Source Agency
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National Center for Health Statistics
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NTIS Subject Category
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44T - Data & Information Systems
44C - Community & Population Characteristics
57E - Clinical Medicine
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Corporate Author
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National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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N/A
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NTIS Issue Number
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1223
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Contract Number
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N/A
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