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National Electronic Health Records Survey, Restricted data: 2012-2015, 2017-2019, 2021
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The National Electronic Health Records Survey (NEHRS) is an annual survey of non-federally employed, office-based physicians practicing in the United States (excluding those in the specialties of anesthesiology, radiology, and pathology). NEHRS began in 2008 and was originally designed as an annual mail supplement to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Since 2012, NEHRS has been administered as a survey independent of NAMCS. Data from NEHRS can be used to produce state and national estimates of EHR adoption and capabilities, burden associated with EHRs, and progress physicians have made towards meeting the policy goals of the HITECH Act. In more recent years, survey questions have also asked about Promoting Interoperability programs, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Restricted file data dictionaries are available.
Detailed Methodology
The sampling frame was composed of Master files for all American physicians who met the following criteria: Office-based; Principally engaged in patient care activities; Non-federally employed; Not in specialties of anesthesiology, pathology, or radiology; and Younger than 85 years of age at the time of the survey.