Whether a physician is satisfied with the functionality of their organization's EHR system can depend on various factors, including specialty practice, high-quality training and strong IT support, according to a recent KLAS Research report.
For its Achieving EHR Satisfaction in any Specialty report, KLAS surveyed thousands of physicians to determine whether their EHRs provide the functionality their specialties require.
Here are the physician specialties who agree or strongly agree their EHR's functionality meets their needs, based on vendor. The specialties listed are those least satisfied with their EHRs.
Epic:
Neurosurgery: 44.9 percent.
Radiology: 43.5 percent.
Cardiology: 42.7 percent.
Orthopedics: 42.2 percent.
Ophthalmology: 42.0 percent.
Rheumatology: 41.9 percent.
Plastic surgery: 41.8 percent.
Cardiothoracic surgery: 41.2 percent.
Allergy and immunology: 40.6 percent.
Dermatology: 34.5 percent.
Cerner:
Gynecology and obstetrics: 27.3 percent.
Orthopedics: 27.1 percent.
Psychiatry: 27.0 percent.
Otolaryngology: 25.3 percent.
Multiple: 24.7 percent.
Neurology: 24.0 percent.
Ophthalmology: 18.2 percent.
Other – Allscripts, Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Meditech and others:
Emergency medicine: 29.0 percent.
Nephrology: 26.4 percent.
Hematology/oncology: 24.1 percent.
Critical care: 23.6 percent.
Infectious disease: 23.5 percent.
Orthopedics: 21.9 percent.