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E-prescribing, efficiency, quality: lessons from the computerization of UK family practice.
Schade CP, Sullivan FM, de Lusignan S, Madeley J. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:470-475.

The authors discuss why general practitioners' adoption of electronic health records is more prevalent in the United Kingdom than the United States and identify features that might encourage adoption in the US.
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