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Table 3 Availability of specific electronic functions in EHR equipped practices in Florida.

From: Charting the use of electronic health records and other information technologies among child health providers

 

Child Health Providers (CHPs)

   

Percent EHR Systems with the following functions:

General Pediatricians (n = 83)

Family Physicians* (n = 36)

Pediatric Sub-specialists (n = 80)

Differences among CHPs1 P-value

All other Physicians (n = 785)

Difference between CHPs and all other Physicians1P-value

Clinical notes

90.1

97.2

85.7

.170

93.4

.089

Patient demographics

85.2

97.2

85.7

.152

89.2

.571

Diagnosis

84.0

91.7

83.1

.462

86.6

.619

Medication lists

86.4

97.2

77.6

.023

88.1

.204

Allergies

79.0

100

64.9

<.001

87.9

<.001

Problem list

74.1

97.2

70.1

.005

80.8

.148

Procedures

79.0

75.0

71.4

.543

77.2

.544

Electronically available lab data/results

63.0

72.2

55.8

.239

68.7

.092

Electronically available x-ray results

61.7

61.1

50.6

.324

59.8

.624

Patient scheduling

58.0

86.1

42.9

<.001

76.3

<.001

Electronic prescribing of medications

54.3

66.7

46.8

.139

61.9

.028

Growth charting

61.7

58.3

37.7

.007

24.0

<.001

Electronic order entry

48.1

58.3

41.6

.247

57.2

.017

Patient education materials

49.4

61.1

40.3

.111

45.0

.419

Offsite access/log-in capability

50.6

50.0

33.8

.073

45.0

.736

Coding advice to physicians

42.0

50.0

35.1

.308

35.9

.224

Access to reference material

30.9

52.8

39.0

.078

37.9

.959

Weight-based dosing calculations

44.4

30.6

28.6

.090

22.7

<.001

Electronic connection to pharmacy info

30.9

33.3

28.6

.871

40.2

.018

Preventive service reminders

28.4

52.8

20.8

.002

35.3

.123

Clinical decision support

28.4

30.6

19.5

.314

25.2

.933

Auto-updated insurance coverage info

19.8

16.7

11.7

.381

17.0

.668

Advance directives

11.1

25.0

7.8

.032

25.0

<.001

  1. *Family physicians with at least 20% children (<18 years of age) in their practice.
  2. 1Chi square test used to identify differences among groups