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The state of physician office-based health information technology in Connecticut: current use, barriers and future plans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17288104     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Qualidigm and the Connecticut State Medical Society-Independent Practice Association (CSMS-IPA), Inc. have conducted a survey of the physicians participating in the CSMS-IPA to assess current use of health information technology in their offices and their plans for future use. The survey was conducted to assist eHealth Connecticut, a Connecticut-based nonprofit organization, in its charge to promote electronic health information exchange in Connecticut. The survey was distributed to 2,366 medical offices representing 6,956 physicians in Connecticut. Survey results revealed that the most commonly utilized types of technology were practice management systems (70%) and e-mail (64%). The most common barriers to the adoption of new technologies were cost (71%) and time requirements (39%). Primary-care providers and small practices were more likely to cite cost as a barrier to technology implementation. Despite these challenges, many physicians reported plans to implement electronic medical records (25%) or electronic prescribing (20%) in the next year.
Authors:
Kristin Mattocks; Kenneth Lalime; Janet P Tate; Tierney E Giannotti; Kevin Carr; Angelo Carrabba; Thomas Blum; Thomas P Meehan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Connecticut medicine     Volume:  71     ISSN:  0010-6178     ISO Abbreviation:  Conn Med     Publication Date:  2007 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-09     Completed Date:  2007-04-18     Revised Date:  2007-07-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372745     Medline TA:  Conn Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  27-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biomedical Technology*
Connecticut
Forecasting
Humans
Information Management
Internet
Medical Records Systems, Computerized / utilization*
Physicians' Offices*
Practice Management, Medical*
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Conn Med. 2007 May;71(5):313   [PMID:  17526392 ]

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