Table 1.

Usage of Set-up Fee Offered to Newly Recruited Health Centers for Participation in the 2022 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Health Center Component, by Resource/Cost Category (n=32)

Resource/Cost Category	% Health Centers Using Set-up Fee for this Category	Average $ Spent (SD)	Range of $ Spent
Health center IT staff	25.0	5,300 (3,000)	1,500–10,000
EHR vendor staff	18.8	3,400 (1,800)	1,000–6,000
IG Installation and configuration	21.9	---	---
Hardware	---	---	---
Software	---	---	---
Health Information Service Providera	---	---	---
Other	---	---	---

Note: Resource/cost categories are not mutually exclusive and are listed in the order they appear on the Set-up Fee Questionnaire. Averages (and SDs) are rounded to the nearest hundred.

Data source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Health Center Component Set-up Fee Questionnaire, 2022

SD = standard deviation; IT = information technology; EHR = electronic health record; IG = HL7 CDA R2 Implementation Guide: National Health Care Surveys, Release 1, DSTU Release 1.2 – US Realm; — = data not shown for confidentiality reasons as fewer than five health centers used fees for this category, or reported the average monies spent.

^aHealth Information Service Provider, or HISP, is an accredited network service that allows for the secure transportation of clinical health information (such as EHRs) through Direct Secure Messaging.