2011 RI Physician Health IT Survey Summary Report
In early 2009, RI was the first state to report individual-level measures of Health IT adoption for all licensed physicians. In early 2011, the RI Department of Health administered its third annual physician Health IT Survey. This survey was sent to 3,388 physicians who are licensed in RI, in active practice, and located in Rhode Island, Connecticut, or Massachusetts.
The 2011 survey response rate was 62.9% (n=2,132), compared with 57.8% (n=1,862) in 2010.
The following table compares the 2010 and 2011 Health IT survey results:
| Measure | Survey Respondents (%) | All Physicians (%) | ||||
| 2010 | 2011 | Change | 2010 | 2011 | Change | |
| Physicians with electronic medical records (EMRs) | 74.1 | 81.1 | 7.0 | 42.8 | 51.0 | 8.2 |
| Physicians with qualified EMRs | 18.5 | 27.0 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 17.0 | 6.3 |
| Basic EMR functionality | 65.4 | 73.2 | 7.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Advanced EMR functionality use | 46.6 | 51.9 |
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| Physicians who are e-prescribing | 49.3 | 57.6 | 8.3 | 28.5 | 36.3 | 7.8 |
Learn more about RI's Health Care Quality Performance Program and review the 2011 Physician HIT Survey Summary Report.
2011 National Center for Health Statistics Survey
A November 2011 publication of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) included the following results of 2010 and 2011 surveys of health IT adoption in physician practices:
- The percentage of U.S. office-based physicians who have adopted a basic EHR is 33.9% (29.2% in RI). The 2008-2010 data was 24.9% in U.S. (21% in RI).
- The percentage of U.S. office-based physicians who plan to apply for EHR incentive payments is 57.0% (43.8% in RI).
Read more of the NCHS report.