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2010 Physician Health IT Survey Summary Report

In early 2009, RI was the first state in the nation to report individual-level measures of health information technology adoption for all licensed physicians.  In early 2010 the RI Department of Health (HEALTH) administered the second annual physician HIT Survey.  This survey went to to 3,224 physicians licensed in RI, in active practice, and located in RI, CT, or MA as part of the Health Care Quality Performance (HCQP) Program. The response rate was 57.8% (n=1,862). 

The table below compares 2010 results with 2009. 

  Measure Survey Respondents All Physicians
2009 2010 Change 2009 2010 Change
1.  Physicians with EMRs 67.6% 74.1% 6.5% 39.3% 42.8% 3.5%
2.  Physicians with 'qualified' EMRs 12.5% 18.5% 6.0% 7.3% 10.7% 3.4%
3.  Basic EMR functionality 63.6 65.4 1.8 -- -- --
4.  Advanced EMR functionality use 44.1 46.6

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5.  Physicians who are e-presribing 41.2% 49.3% 8.1% 23.9% 28.5% 4.6%


Most Utilized Office-Based EHRs in Rhode Island

DocEHRtalk.org analyzed the 2010 HCQP survey data to compile the most utilized EHR products in Rhode Island.  Below is the list of the top 10 in alphabetical order. 

                                    Allscripts
                                    athenahealth
                                    Cerner
                                    eClinicalWorks
                                    GE
                                    Ingenix
                                    Meditech
                                    Nextgen
                                    Polaris
                                    Sage

For more information on the HCQP visit www.health.ri.gov/chic/performance. Note that this data excludes Practice Settings listed as “Hospital.”