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We saw no evidence of upcoding or increased reimbursement rates to explain the increased revenues. Instead, they were associated with an increase in ancillary office procedures (eg, drawing blood, immunizations, wound care, ultrasounds).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Discussion The bottom line result\u2014that EHR implementation is associated with increased revenues\u2014is reassuring and offers a basis for further EHR investment. While the productivity losses are consistent with field reports, they also reflect a type of efficiency\u2014the practices are receiving more reimbursement for fewer seeing patients. For the practices still seeing fewer patients after 2\u2005years, the solution likely involves advancing their EHR functionality to include analytics. 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