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Table 6 Profile analysis of the use of HIE systems for laboratory medicine in hospitals

From: Advancing laboratory medicine in hospitals through health information exchange: a survey of specialist physicians in Canada

Characterization of the specialist physicians’

use of HIE for laboratory medicine

HIE usage profiles

ANOVA

F

ANCOVAF

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***

  1. Nota. Within rows, different subscripts indicate significant (p < 0.05) pair-wise differences between means (Tamhane’s T2 test)
  2. With five control variables: HIE capability, characteristics of the hospital, characteristics of the user
  3. aClustering variables [no. consultation capabilities used / no. of consultation capabilities available] ***p < 0.001
  4. b[1 = 5 years or less, 2 = 5-9, 3 = 10-14, 4 = 15-19, 5 = 20-24, 6 = 25 years or more]
  5. cAs perceived by the specialist physician on Likert scales of 1 [strongly disagree] to 5 [strongly agree]