Use of Computerized Medical Records in Home Health and Hospice Agencies: United States, 2000

The use of information technology (IT), such as computerized medical records (CMR), has been proposed as a method for increasing the efficiency of delivered services, raising the level of the quality of care provided, and decreasing the number of medical errors. Research on IT and CMRs in health care has focused primarily on hospitals and physicians’ offices, and there currently exists no nationally representative information for home health and hospice agencies. This report provides the first nationally representative estimates of the prevalence of CMR use in home health and hospice agencies in the United States in 2000.