5 Statistics on Operational Changes Physicians Plan on Implementing in 2014

A little under 20 percent of physicians plan on implementing an electronic health record system in their practice the coming year, according to The Second Annual Practice Profitability Index: 2014 edition, sponsored by CareCloud, in partnership with QuantiaMD.

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The 2014 edition includes responses from 5,064 physicians.

When asked what operational changes they will be making at their practices in the coming year, respondents reported:

•    I do not plan on making any changes — 61 percent
•    Implementing a new EHR — 17 percent
•    Replacing an existing EHR — 13 percent
•    Outsourcing billing/collections — 10 percent
•    Replacing a current practice management system — 7 percent

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