Table 1.
Table 1 Wireless E-Mail Device Usage Data
| User Group | Daily Messages Transmitted (Mean (SD)) |
Daily Messages Received (Mean (SD)) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| During Study Period | After Study Period | p Value | During Study Period | After Study Period | p Value | |
| All devices (n = 28; n = 29) ∗ | 5.2 (1.9) | 3.4 (1.1) | <0.0001 | 8.9 (2.1) | 7.8 (1.2) | 0.018 |
| Nurses (n = 19) | 5.7 (1.5) | 3.7 (0.7) | <0.0001 | 9.4 (1.4) | 7.7 (0.6) | < 0.0001 |
| Unit coordinators (n = 3) | 5.7 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.6) | 0.046 | 8.9 (1.3) | 6.3 (0.6) | 0.035 |
| Respiratory therapists (n = 2; n = 3) ∗ | 5.0 (0.3) | 2.3 (0.9) | 0.030 | 10.4 (0.3) | 8.3 (2.2) | 0.29 |
| Pharmacists (n = 2) | 4.6 (0.9) | 5.4 (0.1) | 0.34 | 7.5 (0.4) | 10.4 (0.2) | 0.012 |
| Social worker (n = 1) | 1.7 (n/a) | 2.5 (n/a) | n/a | 6.1 (n/a) | 7.0 (n/a) | n/a |
| Dietician (n = 1) | 0.3 (n/a) | 1.8 (n/a) | n/a | 1.2 (n/a) | 6.7 (n/a) | n/a |
∗ There were 3 devices for respiratory therapists after the study period.
Values represent mean (SD) daily messages during 5 months of the 6-month study period (154 d from Aug 29, 2005 to Jan 29, 2006) and after the study period (152 d from Jan 6, 2007 to Jun 6, 2007). Messages could be received from other devices or though the hospital e-mail system from desktop computers located at each patient's bedside. p values comparing during and after study periods are calculated using t tests.
Abbreviations: n/a = not applicable; SD = standard deviation.