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EHR adoption has more than doubled since 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/canvas>\n\n\n\n

As of 2021, nearly 9 in 10 (88%) of U.S. office-based physicians adopted any electronic health record (EHR)[2]<\/sup>, and nearly 4 in 5 (78%) had adopted a certified EHR[4]<\/sup>. This is a consistent trend since 2015. Since 2008, office-based physician adoption of any EHRs has more than doubled, from 42% to 88%. Since ONC and the CDC began tracking it in 2014, the percent of office-based physicians that adopted a certified EHR increased from 74% to 78%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year<\/th>Any EHR<\/th>Basic EHR<\/th>Certified EHR<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2004<\/th>20.8%<\/td>—<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/th>23.9%<\/td>—<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/th>29.2%<\/td>10.5%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/th>34.8%<\/td>11.8%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2008<\/th>42.0%<\/td>16.9%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/th>48.3%<\/td>11.8%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/th>51.0%<\/td>27.9%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2011<\/th>57.0%<\/td>33.9%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2012<\/th>71.8%<\/td>39.6%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/th>78.4%<\/td>48.1%<\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
2014<\/th>82.8%<\/td>50.5%<\/td>74.0%<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/th>86.9%<\/td>53.9%<\/td>77.9%<\/td><\/tr>
2016<\/th>86.9%<\/td>—<\/td>77.0%<\/td><\/tr>
2017<\/th>85.9%<\/td>—<\/td>79.7%<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/th>92.1%<\/td>—<\/td>78.7%<\/td><\/tr>
2019<\/th>90.0%<\/td>—<\/td>72.0%<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/th>88.0%<\/td>—<\/td>78.0%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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