…recent studies indicate that few providers have completely migrated to a fulsome EHR. Recent surveys have also highlighted limited utilization of EMR by physicians. Although the reported percentage of uptake varies, it is fair to say that EMR adoption is still less than 25% among Canadian physicians. To date, the applications used by the health professions in the delivery of care have been largely limited to passive applications such as results reporting for laboratory and diagnostic imaging.

Source: Toward a Model of Successful Electronic Health Record Adoption
Date Published: May 15, 2008

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