Practices that employ advanced practice providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, are nearly 75% more likely to adopt electronic health records than those that do not employ such providers, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care, EHR Intelligence reports (Heath, EHR Intelligence, 12/7). For the study, researchers from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT sought to determine the relationship between employment of advanced practice providers and EHR adoption behaviors (Barker/Heisey Grove, American Journal of Managed Care, 12/4). Using data from a large-scale, national survey of office-based providers from 2013, the researchers examined the role advanced practice providers and EHRs play in supporting the triple aim of better health care, lower costs and healthier people (EHR Intelligence, 12/7). The study found that EHRs are adopted by: Of the hospitals that had EHRs in 2013: Meanwhile, the study found: The researchers wrote, "Knowing that practices that employ [advances practice providers] are prepared to implement team-based approaches to care, which could be further enhanced through the use of health IT, it is important to more fully examine the association between health IT adoption and the presence of [advances practice providers] in a practice" (EHR Intelligence, 12/7).
According to a study from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, practices that have nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), are 75% more likely to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) than those without. The study looked at data from a large-scale national survey of office-based providers in 2013. The results showed that of the EHRs adopted in 2013, 80% had a system that managed patient notes, 77% had a system that managed electronic prescriptions, and 76% had a system that allowed the user to view patient lab results and X-rays. Additionally large practices and rural practices were more likely to hire NPs and PAs than smaller and urban practices.