The Sole use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) System is not Adequate to save Independent Physician's Practices

The Meaningful use of Electronic Health Record and value-based Reimbursement demands unswerving Human Participation. According to the American medical association report, only 49.1% of its 3,500 national survey respondents worked in private practice as of fall 2020, dropping from the 54% reported in 2018. It is the most significant shift the AMA has observed since 2012. It's also the first time the proportion has ever dropped below 50%. The results seem to be accelerating the existing physician drift since 2012 and possibly enhanced by the COVID-19 pandemic. That is so; even some physicians are leaving medical practice altogether.