We then sought to determine our respondents’ EHR user profile
on the basis of their use of the eight basic functionalities that constitute
their EHR system. Through a cluster analysis, we grouped the
family physicians into clusters such that each cluster’s membership
is homogeneous with respect to their use of EHR systems. The SPSS
Two-Step clustering algorithm was chosen as it can handle a large
number of cases and automatically determines the optimal number
of clusters [60]. A two-cluster solution was found to be optimal in
identifying groups of physicians that could be clearly distinguished
from one another. Indeed, results in Table 3 reveal the existence of
two EHR user profiles