Table 2.
Primary Care Physician Assessment of Discharge Summaries
| EDS ( = 46) | Dictation ( = 48) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Difference of means (95% CI) | -value for difference of means | |
| Quality | 86.4 (15.0) | 84.3 (17.6) | 2.1 (−4.6 to 8.8) | 0.53 |
| Completeness | 88.2 (12.4) | 83.5 (19.1) | 4.7 (−2.0 to 11.4) | 0.16 |
| Organization | 88.3 (9.8) | 85.5 (17.6) | 2.8 (−3.0 to 8.6) | 0.34 |
| Timeliness | 88.4 (15.8) | 82.9 (21.2) | 5.6 (−2.3 to 13.4) | 0.16 |
electronic discharge summary
Quality defined as “efficiently communicates information necessary for continued patient care.”
Completeness defined as “all necessary information is included.”
Organization defined as “information is presented in a logical and clear fashion.”
Timeliness defined as “time from patient discharge to summary receipt.”
Note: Analysis of medians indicated skewness of data. A non-parametric Mann-Whitney test was done, which also showed no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups, for any of the above measures (-values 0.13 to 0.99)