Table 2.
Characteristics of clinics and medical groups by year (N = 821)
| Year |
2014-2016 Percentage Point Change | (None of the changes is statistically significant.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||
| Health system affiliation (by ownership or management) | ||||
| No | 39.8% | 38.7% | 37.8% | −2.0% |
| Yes | 60.2% | 61.3% | 62.2% | 2.0% |
| Geographic location | ||||
| Rural | 17.8% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 0.1% |
| Urban | 82.2% | 82.1% | 82.1% | −0.1% |
| Type of practice | ||||
| Primary care only | 43.1% | 42.9% | 44.7% | 1.6% |
| Specialty/mixed | 56.9% | 57.1% | 55.3% | −1.6% |
| Clinic size | ||||
| 1-19 physicians | 85.9% | 83.3% | 84.0% | −1.9% |
| 20 or more physicians | 14.1% | 16.7% | 16.0% | 1.9% |
| Medical group size (number of clinics) | ||||
| 1 | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 0 |
| 2-10 | 26.4% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 0 |
| 11-20 | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 0 |
| 21+ | 57.9% | 57.9% | 57.9% | 0 |
| Electronic Health Record implementation | ||||
| 2011 | 87.1% | 87.1% | 87.1% | 0 |
| 2012-2013 | 9.9% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 0 |
| 2014-2016 | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 0 |
| EHR vendor | ||||
| Other | 17.3% | 16.2% | 14% | −3.3% |
| Allscripts | 6.5% | 4.5% | 5.6% | −0.9% |
| Centricity | 2.8% | 3.2% | 1.7% | −1.1% |
| Cerner | 5.7% | 6% | 5.8% | 0.1% |
| eClinicalWorks | 5.6% | 4.1% | 5.7% | 0.1% |
| Epic | 47.9% | 58% | 59.2% | 11.3% |
| Greenway | 9.7% | 4.1% | 4.3% | −5.4% |
| NextGen | 4.5% | 3.9% | 3.7% | −0.8% |
| Electronic Health Record comprehensiveness | ||||
| EHR functionality scale (0-7) | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
| E-prescribing scale (0-6) | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.4 |