Office-based physicians with EMR/EHR systems U.S. 2001-2021

In 2021, just over 88 percent of office-based U.S. physicians reported to use any electronic medical record/electronic health record system, a slight decline from 2018 although overall use has increased significantly compared to even a decade previously. The share of physicians using a certified EHR system increased from 72 percent in 2019 to 78 percent in 2021.

Share of office-based physicians with EMR/EHR systems in the United States from 2001 to 2021

Characteristic	Any EMR/EHR system	Basic system	Certified system
2021	88.2%	-	77.8%
2019	89.9%	-	72.3%
2018	92.1%	-	78.7%
2017*	85.9%	-	79.7%
2015	86.9%	53.9%	77.9%
2014	82.8%	50.5%	-
2013	78.4%	48.1%	-
2012	71.8%	39.6%	-
2011	57%	33.9%	-
2010	51%	27.9%	-
2009	48.3%	21.8%	-
2008	42%	16.9%	-
2007	34.8%	11.8%	-
2006	29.2%	10.5%	-
2005	23.9%	-	-
2004	20.8%	-	-
2003	17.3%	-	-
2002	17.3%	-	-
2001	18.2%	-	-

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Release date

2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2001 to 2021

Number of respondents

around 10,000 physicians

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

EMR/EHR is electronic medical record/electronic health record. “Any EMR/EHR system” is a medical or health record system that is all or partially electronic (excluding systems solely for billing). Data for 2001–2007 are from in-person National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) interviews. Data for 2008–2010 are from combined files (in-person NAMCS and mail survey). Data for 2011–2012 are preliminary estimates based on the mail survey only. Estimates of basic systems prior to 2006 could not be computed because some items were not collected in the survey. Data include nonfederal office-based physicians and exclude radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists.
This statistic was assembled from several publications of the same source.
* Since 2017, no information was given for basic systems.
No survey took place in 2020

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