Table 1.

Thematic Analysis and Coding Process on Audiologists’ Perception on the Challenges in Reporting Hearing Assessment Data to State EHDI Programs

First Step: Coding and Counting Comment Frequency	Second Step: Thematic Analysis	Final Step: Theme Consolidation under a Domain
Coding qualitative data and computing frequency of certain type of comments	Identify concepts that come up repeatedly in a qualitative dataset	Subsume related thematic categories under a higher order domain
■ Comments such as “no time” or “busy” were coded as busy because both terms conveyed the same meaning.	10 themes identified from the coded qualitative comments:
■ Each comment that reflected having no time to report was counted as 1	1) Difficulty accessing system 2) System reliability 3) Difficulty locating patient in the system 4) Non-user-friendly design	Theme 1–4: System design domain
■ Although “unaware of reporting,” “unaware that I need to report normal result,” and “don’t know how to report” reflected knowledge lack, type of knowledge lack was different in each comment.	5) Work demand 6) Assumptions about reporting in a fractured healthcare environment	Theme 5–6: Work demands & healthcare environment domain
■ Therefore, comments were kept separate but placed in the same category: knowledge lack.	7) Incomplete knowledge on reporting requirement 8) Lack resource/tool	Theme 7–8: Incomplete knowledge and resource domain
■ Again, each comment that reflects a lack of knowledge from a responder was counted as 1.	9) Process issue 10) Perception that reporting is a duplicate effort	Theme 9–10: Processbarrier domain