Answering the $64,000 Question: A Model of Physician-Owned Clinic EHR Adoption

Existing models of electronic health records (EHR) adoptions in literature only consider in-patient hospital settings and do not focus on the ambulatory setting. There are many similarities between hospitals and... [ view full abstract ]

Existing models of electronic health records (EHR) adoptions in literature only consider in-patient hospital settings and do not focus on the ambulatory setting. There are many similarities between hospitals and physician-owned clinics, but there are also a number of important differences that necessitate special consideration. While factors for EHR adoption in hospital settings have been studied in a holistic way, factors impacting the ambulatory environment have been examined in a piecemeal fashion with each study focusing on just a few factors in isolation. This paper proposes a comprehensive model of EHR adoption in the ambulatory physician-owned setting.