The importance and potential value of office-based electronic
health record (EHR) systems is being recognized internationally
For instance, as early as 1998, health care authorities in New
Zealand gave many general medical practices a one-time grant of
approximately US$3,600 per family physician to purchase computers.
A further catalyst for the EHR movement in that country
was the government’s requirement to submit patient disease information to registers and to file fee-for-service claims electronically
in order to receive subsidies