The degree to which physicians have an ownership stake in his or her clinical practice varies from full ownership, to some level of part ownership, to no ownership (e.g., an employee). Physician-owned practices represent an organization where the physician has some level of Financial risk in the organization’s success or failure ; when an outside organization (e.g., a health care system) owns the practice, physicians take on an employee role. Physicians who work in apractice owned by another entity do not have to manage the practice’s resources and do not Have the same level of concerns about dependence on the Purchased HIT. In contrast ,physicians with an ownership Stake may not want to commit the financial resources to an EHR system. This may be especially true as technology evolves, leaving physicians fearful of becoming too dependent on EHR systems that may soon become outdated or unable to effectively and efficiently deliver the needed clinical information; thus,