Table 1 Context of HIE use by specialist physicians (SPs) for laboratory medicine
Characteristics of the SPs (user context) | All specialist physicians | iEHRa users | iEHR non-users | Chi-squared statistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 566) freq. (%) | (n = 451) freq. (%) | (n = 115) freq. (%) | ||
Gender | ||||
Female | 278 (49.1) | 221 (49.0) | 57 (49.6) | 0.0 |
Male | 288 (50.9) | 230 (51.0) | 58 (50.4) | |
Age | ||||
29 years old or less | 7 (1.2) | 6 (1.3) | 1 (0.9) | 5.6 |
30–49 years old | 317 (56.0) | 256 (56.8) | 61 (53.1) | |
50–59 years old | 137 (24.2) | 101 (22.4) | 36 (31.3) | |
60 years old or more | 105 (18.6) | 88 (19.5) | 17 (14.8) | |
Clinical experience | ||||
5 years or less | 85 (15.0) | 72 (16.0) | 13 (11.3) | 5.9 |
5–9 years | 107 (18.9) | 85 (18.8) | 22 (19.1) | |
10–24 years | 196 (34.6) | 156 (34.6) | 40 (34.8) | |
25 years or more | 178 (31.4) | 138 (30.6) | 40 (34.8) | |
Characteristics of the SPs’ hospital facility (organizational context) | All specialist physicians | iEHRa users | iEHR non-users | Chi-squared statistic |
(N = 566) freq. (%) | (n = 451) freq. (%) | (n = 115) freq. (%) | ||
Size of the hospital | ||||
1-49specialist physicians | 110 (19.4) | 84 (18.6) | 26 (22.6) | 1.1 |
50–149 specialist physicians | 139 (24.6) | 111 (24.6) | 28 (24.3) | |
150–299 specialist physicians | 170 (30.0) | 136 (30.2) | 34 (29.6) | |
300–1500 specialist physicians | 147 (26.0) | 12 (26.6) | 27 (23.5) | |
Location of the hospital | ||||
Urban region | 395 (69.8) | 340 (75.4) | 55 (47.8) | 33.0*** |
Rural region | 171 (30.2) | 111 (24.6) | 60 (52.2) | |
HIE systems used by the SPs for laboratory medicine (IT artefactual context) | All specialist physicians | iEHRa users | iEHR non-users | Chi-squared statistic |
(N = 566) freq. (%) | (n = 451) freq. (%) | (n = 115) freq. (%) | ||
Laboratory Results Viewerb | ||||
LRV non-user | 42 (7.4) | 42 (9.3) | 0 (0.0) | 11.6*** |
LRV user | 524 (92.6) | 409 (90.7) | 115 (100) | |