Primary Care Physicians' Experience with Electronic Medical Records: Barriers to Implementation in a Fee-for-Service Environment
Table 2
Closed-ended interview results: statistics describing the
number and experience of physicians, patient throughput, years of experience
using an EMR, computer skills, and clinic size.
Interview factor
Average
Range
Years in practice
20 years
10 to 33 years
Number of physicians
practicing in clinic
3
1 to 6
Number of nonphysician
clinicians in practice
1.75
0 to 8
Number of support staff in
clinic
2.5
1 to 4
Target number of patients
to be seen in a day
32.5
20 to 40
Target patient interview
duration
8.4 minutes
7.5 to 15 minutes
Number of years owned an
EMR
4 years
0 to 10 years
Personal rating of
computer skills (range: 1 to 5)