Amid all of the talk about hospitals helping physicians acquire EHRs, let's not forget that most health care systems are still in the early stages of EHR adoption themselves. According to the most recent AHA survey on health information technology, only 11 percent of hospitals have fully implemented EHRs, and the bulk of those are large institutions in metropolitan areas. However, the AHA report notes, 68 percent of hospitals have fully or partly implemented EHRs—an indication that the adoption curve is rising steeply.