Table 2.
Summary of Respondents’ Characteristics and Perceptions Related to EHR
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Respondents that currently use EHR | 349 (71.06) |
| Respondents who used paper records | 337 (98.81) |
| Factors that convinced respondents to use EHR | |
| Requirement | 337 (58.46) |
| Ease/efficiency | 337 (31.45) |
| Financial incentives | 337 (12.17) |
| Security | 337 (9.20) |
| Colleague | 337 (2.97) |
| Do not plan on using EHR | 337 (22.55) |
| Staff involved in entering data into medical record | |
| Physician | 305 (92.13) |
| Scribes | 305 (10.16) |
| Nurses | 305 (52.79) |
| Medical assistant | 305 (53.44) |
| Technician | 305 (11.48) |
| Secretary | 305 (47.21) |
| Staff that primarily enters data into medical record | |
| Physician | 313 (53.04) |
| Support staff | 313 (14.70) |
| Responsibility shared evenly | 313 (32.27) |
| Respondents that have changed EHR in last 6 months | 302 (10.60) |
| Respondents overall attitude toward current EHR vendor | |
| Positive | 317 (42.27) |
| Negative | 317 (39.75) |
| Does not use EHR | 317 (17.98) |
| Opinion of quality of care with EHR vs paper record | |
| Worse with EHR | 321 (23.99) |
| Same with EHR | 321 (25.86) |
| Better with EHR | 321 (32.40) |
| No paper record use | 321 (0.93) |
| No EHR use | 321 (16.82) |