According to the report, EHR adoption in one-physician practices has increased by more than 6 percent, to 36.9 percent, since July 2011. Nearly 55 percent of 240,281 practices are solo, according to data from SK&A.
Growth rate for EHR adoption in large practices has slowed. Adoption in practices with 26 or more physicians, which make up only 1 percent of medical practices, only grew 1.7 percent in the same period. Overall, practices increased EHR adoption from 40.4 percent to 45.6 percent in the six-month period.
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