A new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) report on health information technology (HIT) finds that physicians reporting use of any electronic health record (EHR) reached 57% in 2011, a substantial increase from 17% in 2002. The report also finds that adoption in U.S. hospitals increased considerably between 2010 and 2011, with basic EHR adoption increasing from 11.5% to 18%and comprehensive EHR use rising from 2.6% to 8.7%.
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