Table 1 Profile of PT iEHR user survey respondents (at time of evaluation)
From: The value of connected health information: perceptions of electronic health record users in Canada
| Number of survey respondents (response rate) |
Survey distribution method (approximate survey field length) | Professional role of respondents | Clinical settings of respondents | Duration of iEHR use by respondents at time of evaluation | Frequency of iEHR use by respondents | Clinical components of iEHR available at time of survey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 (22 %) | Electronic (n/a) | Nurse, Nurse Practitioner-51 % Physician-15 % Clinical admin-9 % Allied health-9 % Manager, Supervisor-17 % | Acute care, health centres, primary care clinics | Not available | Not available | Laboratory results, Diagnostic imaging, Clinical reports |
| 2 | 1029 (15 %) |
Electronic (1 month) | Nurse, Nurse Practitioner-33 % Physicians-21 % Clerk, medical office assistant-17 % Pharmacist-6 % Allied health-5 % Other-18 % | Acute care, ambulatory, community, emergency, mental health, residential care, palliative, primary care, public health, other | 3–5 years-21 % 1–2 years-27 % 7–12 months-16 % 6 months or less-36 % | % of patients in a day for which iEHR is used: 0 % of patients-12 % 25 %–50 % of patients-50 % 75–100 % of patients-22 % Don’t know-17 % | Laboratory results, Diagnostic imaging |
| 3 | n = 88 (convenience sample, response rate =73 %) | n/a | Nurse-34 % Physician-49 % Clerk, medical office assistant-17 % | Hospital (intensive care unit, Internal medicine, emergency, family medicine) | Not available | Not available | Laboratory results, Diagnostic imaging, Medication profile, Clinical reports |
| 4 | 244 (N/A) |
Electronic (6 weeks) | Nurse, Nurse Practitioner-44 % Physician-12 % Administrative, Support staff-22 % Allied health professional-18 % Other-7 % | Hospital, acute care, primary care, regional or provincial program, other facility, health centre, nursing station, long term care, rehabilitation facility | >24 months-9 % 12–24 months-32 % < 12mos-59 % | Frequency of EHR use in a day: Several times a day-17 % 1–2 times a day-18 % 1–2 times a week-28 % Hardly ever-29 % Never-7 % | Laboratory results, Diagnostic imaging, Medication profile, Clinical reports and Immunization |
| 5 | 496 (38 %) |
Paper (6 weeks) | Nurse-44 % Physician-13 % Clerk, Administrative staff-21 % Other-23 % | Ambulatory, emergency, Private office, inpatient, after hours clinic, other | 7–12 months-39 % 6 months or less-61 % | Not available | Laboratory results, Diagnostic imaging, Clinical reports |
| 6 | 415 (22 %) |
Paper (2 months) | Nurse, Physician, and other (breakdown not available) | Ambulatory, emergency, private office, inpatient, after hours clinic, other | >12 months-89 % 7–12 months-7 % 6 months or less-4 % | Not available | Laboratory results, Diagnostic imaging, Medication profile, Clinical reports |