In response to: Electronic health records in small physician practices: availability, use, and perceived benefits

Abstract

In their report ‘Electronic health records in small physician practices: availability, use, and perceived benefits’, Rao et al correctly point out many of the challenges these small practices face when adopting electronic health records (EHR).1 As part of New York City's Primary Care Information Project, we have deployed EHRs to over 2550 providers in NYC, including over 400 small physician practices. In order to get to a point …