State Variation in Electronic Sharing of Information in Physician Offices: United States, 2015.

Data from the National Electronic Health Records Survey •In 2015, the percentage of physicians who had electronically sent patient health information ranged from 19.4% in Idaho to 56.3% in Arizona.

Adoption of Certified Electronic Health Record Systems and Electronic Information Sharing in Physician Offices: United States, 2013 and 2014.

Data from the 2014 National Electronic Health Records Survey. In 2014, 74.1% of office-based physicians had a certified electronic health record (EHR) system, up from 67.

EHR adopters vs. non-adopters: Impacts of, barriers to, and federal initiatives for EHR adoption.

While adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems has grown rapidly, little is known about physicians' perspectives on its adoption and use. Nationally representative survey data from 2011 are used to compare the perspectives of physicians who have adopted EHRs with those that have yet to do so across three key areas: the impact of EHRs on clinical care, practice efficiency and operations; barriers to EHR adoption; and factors that influence physicians to adopt EHRs. Despite significant differences in perspectives between adopters and non-adopters, the majority of physicians perceive that EHR use yields overall clinical benefits, more efficient practices and financial benefits.

Clinical benefits of electronic health record use: national findings.

Objective: To assess whether physicians' reported electronic health record (EHR) use provides clinical benefits and whether benefits depend on using an EHR meeting Meaningful Use criteria or length of EHR experience.

Data Source: The 2011 Physician Workflow study, representative of U.S.

Physicians in nonprimary care and small practices and those age 55 and older lag in adopting electronic health record systems.

By 2011 more than half of all office-based physicians were using electronic health record systems, but only about one-third of those physicians had systems with basic features such as the abilities to record information on patient demographics, view laboratory and imaging results, maintain problem lists, compile clinical notes, or manage computerized prescription ordering. Basic features are considered important to realize the potential of these systems to improve health care. We found that although trends in adoption of electronic health record systems across geographic regions converged from 2002 through 2011, adoption continued to lag for non-primary care specialists, physicians age fifty-five and older, and physicians in small (1-2 providers) and physician-owned practices.

The relationship among child weight status, psychosocial functioning, and pediatric health care expenditures in a medicaid population.

Objectives: To examine the association between weight status and health service use, while considering the influence of psychosocial functioning and demographic variables.

Methods: Two hundred child-parent dyads were recruited from pediatric primary care clinics and completed measures of height, weight, and questionnaires assessing psychosocial functioning. Claims and expenditure data over a 12-month retrospective period were extracted from the Medicaid claims database.

Age at disability onset and self-reported health status.

Background: The critical importance of improving the well-being of people with disabilities is highlighted in many national health plans. Self-reported health status is reduced both with age and among people with disabilities. Because both factors are related to health status and the influence of the age at disability onset on health status is unclear, we examined the relationship between disability onset and health status.

The effect of caregiving on preventive care for people with disabilities.

Background: overall, disparities exist in preventive health care services for people with disabilities compared with other Americans. Little is known about the effects of caregiving on preventive services use. This study examines caregiver characteristics and influence on the use of preventive services for people with disabilities.