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The group conducted surveys of thousands of physicians from 2000 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005 and found that the percentage claiming access to at least four of five clinical information technologies nearly doubled from 11 percent to 21 percent over the four-year period. Electronic tools in each of the five areas assessed became more common:
The number of physicians who reported limited access to IT, defined as one or none of the assessed technologies, dropped from 51 percent to 37 percent. However, the rates likely overestimate physicians' use of IT because the survey determined whether physicians had access to a technology, not whether they used it. "While gains in physician practice-based IT for patient care are encouraging, there's still a long way to go," said Paul B. Ginsburg, president of HSC.
Written by: M.L. Baker, eWeek.com Ziff Davis Internet 
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The fraction of U.S. physicians with access to health IT swelled over the past four years, but is still far from pervasive, finds a study released June 7 by the Center for Studying Health System Change, a nonpartisan research group.
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