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Table 1 Summary of study constructs, data collection, analysis approaches and outcomes measurements by method (qualitative, quantitative)

From: Measuring the impact of a health information exchange intervention on provider-based notifiable disease reporting using mixed methods: a study protocol

Evaluation construct

Data collected

Tool/method

Analysis

Reporting rates

Provider reports to public health

C

ITS

Completeness

Completed/missing provider report data fields

C

ITS

Comparison of completeness between S & E forms

C

PPC

Perceptions of completeness of pre-populated forms

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Accuracy

Inaccurate provider report data fields

C

ITS

Comparison of accuracy between S & E forms

C

PPC

Perceptions of accuracy of intervention

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Timeliness

Time between patient diagnosis & treatment

C

ITS

Time between between lab-confirmed diagnosis & report to public health

C

ITS

Comparison of timeliness between S & E forms

C

PPC

Perceptions of timeliness of intervention

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Burden

Volume & duration of phone & Fax communications

C

ITS

Perceptions regarding reporting burden

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Data Quality

Perceptions regarding quality of data in pre-populated reporting forms

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Form Enhancement

Supplementary data & fields of value to public health

FG

QUAL/PPC

Benefits & Utility

Perceived benefits & utility of intervention

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Adoption & Use

Perceived barriers & facilitators to adopting & using pre-populated report forms

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Level of acceptance & satisfaction with intervention

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Perceived ease of operations

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Acceptability of interface

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Workflow

Public health workflow observations

O

DESC

Reported impact of intervention on work & information flows

S/I

QUAL/DESC

Context

Clinic demographics

S/I

DESC

  1. KEY.
  2. C Census of public health report forms & data fields; DESC Descriptive Statistics; FG Focus Groups; I Semi-Structured Interviews; ITS Interrupted Time-Series; O Observations; PPC Pre-Post Comparison; QUAL Qualitative Data Analysis; S Provider Surveys.