Table 1 Characteristics of respondents who have EHRs (N = 2,236)
Responded to open-ended question about impact of EHR on patient
interaction, n (%)
Hospital-based (N = 969)Office-based (N = 1,267)
Age (in years)Yes (n = 265)No (n = 704)Yes (n = 479)No (n = 788)
<4037 (14.0)213 (30.3)48 (10.0)123 (15.6)
40–4979 (29.8)196 (27.8)119 (24.8)230 (29.2)
50–5980 (30.2)185 (26.3)159 (33.2)257 (32.6)
>=6069 (26.0)110 (15.6)153 (31.9)178 (22.6)
Practice size
<5 clinicians22 (8.3)79 (11.2)187 (39.1)335 (42.5)
5-10 clinicians66 (24.6)157 (22.3)158 (33.1)208 (26.6)
>10 clinicians176 (66.4)468 (66.5)133 (27.8)244 (31.0)
Physician specialty*
Primary care62 (23.4)130 (18.5)279 (58.2)360 (44.2)
Medical and pediatric subspecialties38 (14.3)135 (19.2)51 (10.6)116 (14.7)
Surgery and surgical subspecialties22 (8.3)45 (6.4)36 (7.5)96 (12.2)
Emergency medicine52 (19.6)84 (11.9)1 (<1.0)5 (<1.0)
Obstetrics/gynecology13 (4.9)22 (3.1)26 (5.4)47 (6.0)
Psychiatry37 (14.0)76 (10.8)30 (6.3)46 (5.8)
Other41 (15.5)212 (30.1)56 (11.7)130 (16.5)
  • * Primary care includes family medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine (general), medicine/pediatrics and pediatrics. Medical subspecialties include specialties such as cardiology and gastroenterology. Other includes those not in the preceding categories, such as anesthesiology and radiology.