Table 3.
Provider use of Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) features by provider follow-up timeliness
| CPRS feature | Timely providers (n=15) | Untimely providers (n=11) |
| Sorting | ||
| Unaware | 8 | 6 |
| Aware | 4 | 1 |
| Uses feature | 3 | 4 |
| Notification | ||
| Unaware | 7 | 0 |
| Aware | 3 | 5 |
| Uses feature | 5 | 6 |
| Process all | ||
| Unaware | 4 | 6 |
| Aware | 11 | 5 |
| Unaware | 0 | 0 |
| Alert when results | ||
| Unaware | 14 | 11 |
| Aware | 1 | 0 |
| Uses feature | 0 | 0 |
| No of CPRS features used | ||
| 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 |
Timely providers are those who have lost one or fewer alerts to follow-up during a 4-month period. Untimely providers are those who have lost two or more alerts to follow-up during a 4-month period.