Physicians steadily increase EHR adoption

Results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual survey of  provider practices show that 50.7% of the physicians who responded use at least partial EHRs in their offices, only slightly higher than the 2009 figure of 48.3% even as the Health and Human Services Department dangles the prospect of paying out billions in incentive payments starting in 2011 to healthcare providers who become meaningful users of certified EHRs.