EMRALD FPs | All other GP/FPs | ||||||||
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EMR start | No. who started using EMRs | Mean annual payment in pre-EMR yr† | Mean annual payment in post-EMR yr‡ | % change | No. of physicians | Mean annual payment in same yr as pre-EMR yr† | No. of physicians | Mean annual payment in same yr as post-EMR yr‡ | % change |
2005 | 18 | 191 342 | 351 251 | 83.6 | 9 865 | 183 570 | 10 046 | 243 427 | 32.6 |
2006 | 38 | 200 836 | 256 882 | 27.9 | 10 129 | 214 025 | 10 149 | 248 381 | 16.1 |
2007 | 8 | 196 967 | 210 036 | 6.6 | 10 046 | 243 427 | 10 352 | 273 962 | 12.5 |
2008 | 12 | 257 110 | 347 938 | 35.3 | 10 149 | 248 381 | 10 666 | 285 366 | 14.9 |
2009 | 26 | 271 144 | 275 190 | 1.5 | 10 352 | 273 962 | 10 872 | 279 978 | 2.2 |
Total weighted mean | 223 399 | 285 240 | 27.7 | 233 100 | 266 679 | 14.4 |
Note: EMR = electronic medical record, EMRALD = Electronic Medical Record Administrative Data Linked Database. *Family physicians who started using EMR software and were contributing data to this database. †The pre-EMR year is the full fiscal year before, but not including, the EMR start date. ‡The post-EMR year is the first full fiscal year after the year containing the EMR start date.