The United States has a relatively low rate of electronic health record adoption among physicians as compared with other developed nations, according to a Bloomberg News report.
According to the report, the top 10 countries with the highest EHR adoption rates are:
- Norway (98 percent)
- Netherlands (98 percent)
- United Kingdom (97 percent)
- New Zealand (97 percent)
- Australia (92 percent)
- Germany (82 percent)
- United States (69 percent)
- France (67 percent)
- Canada (56 percent)
- Switzerland (41 percent)
The report pulled adoption rates from a Health Affairs survey in 10 developed countries.
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