Characterization of the specialist physicians’ use of HIE for laboratory medicine | HIE usage profiles | ANOVA F | ANCOVA¶F | ||
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LRV-iEHR-reliant users (n = 367) mean | LRV- reliant users (n = 119) mean | iEHR-reliant users (n = 80) mean | |||
Extent of HIE consultationa | |||||
Extent of consultation of the hospital’s LRV | 0.891 | 0.762 | 0.053 | 642*** | 397*** |
Extent of consultation of the (province-wide) iEHR | 0.771 | 0.012 | 0.771 | 1628*** | 1497*** |
HIE capability of the hospital | |||||
No. of LRV consultation capabilities available | 3.81 | 3.61 | 0.92 | 153*** | - |
Characteristics of the hospital | |||||
Size (no. of specialist physicians) | 232 | 214 | 181 | 1.6 | - |
Location [0: urban, 1: rural] | 0.252 | 0.511 | 0.252 | 16.7*** | - |
Characteristics of the user | |||||
Gender [0: male, 1: female] | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 1.2 | - |
Clinical experienceb | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 2.1 | - |
Benefits from HIE use for laboratory medicinec | |||||
Benefits of LRV consultation | 3.61 | 3.61 | 1.82 | 191*** | 61*** |
Benefits of iEHR consultation | 3.61 | 1.02 | 3.41 | 1063*** | 978*** |