New AHRQ Views Blog Post – The Promise of Electronic Health Records: Are We There Yet?

Bob McNellis, M.P.H., P.A., AHRQ senior advisor for primary care, explains that the agency’s EvidenceNOW project has yielded important new information about the challenges facing small and medium primary care practices as they increasingly use electronic health records (EHRs). An estimate that 78 percent of clinician offices use EHR shows that their use has expanded in recent years. But, as EvidenceNOW has shown, about one in four small and medium practices has three or fewer years of experience with their EHR, and about only about six in 10 shared patient health data electronically with other providers or organizations. Access the blog post. To receive all blog posts, submit your email address and select “AHRQ Views Blog.”