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Adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in China During the Past 10 Years: Consecutive Survey Data Analysis and Comparison of Sino-American Challenges and Experiences
Journal of Medical Internet Research ( IF 7.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 , DOI: 10.2196/24813 Jun Liang , Ying Li , Zhongan Zhang , Dongxia Shen , Jie Xu , Xu Zheng , Tong Wang , Buzhou Tang , Jianbo Lei , Jiajie Zhang
Journal of Medical Internet Research ( IF 7.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 , DOI: 10.2196/24813 Jun Liang , Ying Li , Zhongan Zhang , Dongxia Shen , Jie Xu , Xu Zheng , Tong Wang , Buzhou Tang , Jianbo Lei , Jiajie Zhang
Background: The adoption rate of electronic health records (EHRs) in hospitals has become a main index to measure digitalization in medicine in each country. Objective: This study summarizes and shares the experiences with EHR adoption in China and in the United States. Methods: Using the 2007-2018 annual hospital survey data from the Chinese Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) and the 2008-2017 United States American Hospital Association Information Technology Supplement survey data, we compared the trends in EHR adoption rates in China and the United States. We then used the Bass model to fit these data and to analyze the modes of diffusion of EHRs in these 2 countries. Finally, using the 2007, 2010, and 2014 CHIMA and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Services survey data, we analyzed the major challenges faced by hospitals in China and the United States in developing health information technology. Results: From 2007 to 2018, the average adoption rates of the sampled hospitals in China increased from 18.6% to 85.3%, compared to the increase from 9.4% to 96% in US hospitals from 2008 to 2017. The annual average adoption rates in Chinese and US hospitals were 6.1% and 9.6%, respectively. However, the annual average number of hospitals adopting EHRs was 1500 in China and 534 in the US, indicating that the former might require more effort. Both countries faced similar major challenges for hospital digitalization. Conclusions: The adoption rates of hospital EHRs in China and the United States have both increased significantly in the past 10 years. The number of hospitals that adopted EHRs in China exceeded 16,000, which was 3.3 times that of the 4814 nonfederal US hospitals. This faster adoption outcome may have been a benefit of top-level design and government-led policies, particularly the inclusion of EHR adoption as an important indicator for performance evaluation and the appointment of public hospitals.
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更新日期：2021-02-18
This is the abstract only. Read the full article on the JMIR site. JMIR is the leading open access journal for eHealth and healthcare in the Internet age.
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