Table 5

Process outcomes: Provider survey responses





Site

Site










Intervention hospitals overall
Comparison hospitals overall
p-value
A
B
C
p-value
D
E
F
p-value

Proportion of primary care clinicians who report using any electronic reminders whether the national IHD reminders or not *(from provider survey)
88.4%
98.2%
0.04
64.3%
94.9%
93.7%
0.01
100%
100%
96.4%
0.59
Proportion reporting frequent use of IHD electronic reminders
38.4%
20.3%
0.01
30.0%
36.4%
50.0%
0.38
45.8%
21.4%
2.8%
<0.001
Proportion reporting that IHD electronic reminders are very useful
32.3%
16.2%
0.02
35.0%
29.1%
37.5%
0.77
37.5%
14.3%
2.8%
0.001
Proportion reporting that IHD electronic reminders increase awareness of lipid monitoring for IHD patients
30.3%
14.9%
0.02
30.0%
25.4%
41.7%
0.35
29.2%
21.4%
2.8%
0.008
Proportion reporting that electronic reminder screens provide appropriate treatment/action options
27.3%
14.9%
0.06
25.0%
23.6%
37.5%
0.48
37.5%
7.1%
2.8%


*Comparison sites had access to electronic IHD reminders, but were not encouraged to turn them on, nor was the implementation intervention deployed at these sites.

Sales et al. Implementation Science 2008 3:28   doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-28