Table 3.
Change over Time by Clinician Message Group, per Quarter
Message group | Quarter 4 | Quarter 12 | Change | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical advice messages | Low | 137.7 | 339.6 | 201.9 | < 0.001 |
Moderate | 338.4 | 702.6 | 364.3 | ||
High | 605.6 | 1101.1 | 495.5 | ||
Total | 339.7 | 695.0 | 355.3 | < 0.001 | |
Outside hours on the EHR | Low | 49.4 | 51.3 | 1.9 | 0.536 |
Moderate | 51.6 | 57.3 | 5.8 | ||
High | 60.8 | 67.5 | 6.7 | ||
Total | 53.0 | 58.0 | 5.0 | 0.017 | |
Outpatient encounters | Low | 582.5 | 518.3 | − 64.2 | 0.005 |
Moderate | 743.2 | 592.7 | − 150.5 | ||
High | 811.5 | 604.5 | − 207.0 | ||
Total | 711.3 | 574.7 | − 136.6 | < 0.001 | |
Telephone encounters | Low | 847.4 | 845.3 | − 2.1 | 0.002 |
Moderate | 897.3 | 767.7 | − 129.6 | ||
High | 1020.1 | 819.3 | − 200.8 | ||
Total | 910.4 | 801.5 | − 108.8 | < 0.001 | |
Refill requests | Low | 683.5 | 769.6 | 86.1 | 0.692 |
Moderate | 866.4 | 902.6 | 36.3 | ||
High | 1058.9 | 1093.4 | 34.5 | ||
Total | 856.0 | 910.3 | 54.3 | 0.030 |