BOSTON – Although few U.S. hospitals have a comprehensive electronic health records system in place, many have parts of an EHR - which could help spur adoption faster than data may suggest, says a New England Journal of Medicine article.

According to a survey of all acute care hospital members of the American Hospital Association, with 63.1 percent of hospitals responding, only 1.5 percent of those hospitals have a comprehensive EHR system (present in all clinical units), 7.6 percent have a basic system (present in at least one clinical unit) and 17 percent have a computerized provider-order entry for medications.

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