EHR: The key to practice prosperity?

What do the most financially successful physicians have in common? According to the MGMA, many of those physicians have chosen to go paperless by adopting electronic health records (EHR):

Not surprisingly, better performers also invest more in computerization. Among single-specialty primary-care groups in 2006, better performers allocated $3,260 more per full-time-equivalent physician on information technology than other groups. Likewise, better performing multispecialty groups outspent others on IT by $3,525 per doctor.

Read more about what makes a “better performer,” in Medical Economics “EHR: More prosperous practices tend to be paperless.”