Fifty-four percent of surveyed physicians whose practices adopted electronic health records said that the implementation process was somewhat difficult, while 35% said that the process was very difficult and 12% reported that the process was not difficult, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
The study found that physicians who did not have any ownership stake in their practice were less likely to report that the EHR implementation process was difficult or very difficult, as did physicians who indicated that the office staff was innovative.
Thirty-eight percent of physicians with partial or full ownership of their practice indicated that implementation was very difficult, according to the study.
The study is based on surveys conducted in 2005 and 2009 of 163 physicians who participated in the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative EHR implementation project.
Source: JAMIA: "Factors Associated With Difficult Electronic Health Record Implementation in Office Practice"