TY - JOUR
T1 - Enabling Quality
T2 - Electronic Health Record Adoption and Meaningful Use Readiness in Federally Funded Health Centers
AU - Wittie, Michael
AU - Ngo-Metzger, Quyen
AU - Lebrun-Harris, Lydie
AU - Shi, Leiyu
AU - Nair, Suma
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 National Association for Healthcare Quality.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - The Health Resources and Services Administration has supported the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by federally funded health centers for over a decade; however, little is known about health centers' current EHR adoption rates, progress toward Meaningful Use, and factors related to adoption. We analyzed cross-sectional data from all 1,128 health centers in 2011, which served over 20 million patients during that year. As of 2011, 80% of health centers reported using an EHR, and high proportions reported using many advanced EHR functionalities. There were no indications of disparities in EHR adoption by census region, urban/rural location, patient sociodemographic composition, physician staffing, or health center funding; however, there were small variations in adoption by total patient cost and percent of revenue from grants. Findings revealed no evidence of a digital divide among health centers, indicating that health centers are implementing EHRs, in keeping with their mission to reduce health disparities.
AB - The Health Resources and Services Administration has supported the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by federally funded health centers for over a decade; however, little is known about health centers' current EHR adoption rates, progress toward Meaningful Use, and factors related to adoption. We analyzed cross-sectional data from all 1,128 health centers in 2011, which served over 20 million patients during that year. As of 2011, 80% of health centers reported using an EHR, and high proportions reported using many advanced EHR functionalities. There were no indications of disparities in EHR adoption by census region, urban/rural location, patient sociodemographic composition, physician staffing, or health center funding; however, there were small variations in adoption by total patient cost and percent of revenue from grants. Findings revealed no evidence of a digital divide among health centers, indicating that health centers are implementing EHRs, in keeping with their mission to reduce health disparities.
KW - community health centers
KW - electronic health record
KW - health disparities
KW - health information technology
KW - primary care
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U2 - 10.1111/jhq.12067
DO - 10.1111/jhq.12067
M3 - Article
C2 - 24612263
AN - SCOPUS:84978254406
SN - 1062-2551
VL - 38
SP - 42
EP - 51
JO - Journal for Healthcare Quality
JF - Journal for Healthcare Quality
IS - 1
ER -