Table 1. Direction of Associations Between Electronic Health Record Nudges and Health Care Quality and Patient Outcomes.
Outcome type | Total No. of measures | No. (%) | |||
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No. of measures with associations | No. of measures | ||||
With improved outcomes | With worsened outcomes | With mixed associations | With null associations | ||
Patient safety | 12 | 4 (33.3) | 0 | 2 (16.7) | 6 (50.0) |
Effectiveness | 48 | 19 (39.6) | 0 | 13 (27.1) | 16 (25.0) |
Patient-centeredness | 3 | 3 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Timeliness | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Efficiency | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (100.0) |
Descriptive | 38 | 30 (78.9) | 0 | 1 (2.6) | 7 (18.4) |
Patient-reported outcomes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) |
Patient adherence | 2 | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 1 (50.0) |
Clinical outcomes | 7 | 1 (14.3) | 0 | 0 | 6 (85.7) |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.