TABLE 3.
SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS FOR IT SOPHISTICATION AND QMs
| Resident Care Management | Clinical Support | Administrative Processes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Measure | Total | Functional | Technological | Integrated | Functional | Technological | Integrated | Functional | Technological | Integrated |
| ADL decline | 0.26** | 0.22** | 0.18* | 0.24*** | 0.27*** | 0.16 | 0.19* | 0.18* | 0.18* | 0.18* |
| Incontinence | 0.05 | 0.08 | –0.05 | 0.07 | –0.77 | –0.19* | –0.20* | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.15 |
| High risk for pressure ulcers | –0.04 | –0.17 | –0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.01 | –0.06 | –0.04 | –0.15 |
| Low risk for pressure ulcers | 0.10 | –0.03 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.06 | –0.03 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.10 |
| Worsening locomotion | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.12 | –0.02 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.07 |
| Use of physical restraints | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | –0.02 | 0.05 | –0.12 | 0.03 | 0.09 | –0.02 |
| Bedfast | –0.03 | 0.03 | –0.01 | 0.00 | –0.05 | –0.02 | –0.08 | –0.02 | 0.00 | –0.06 |
Note. ADL = activities of daily living; IT = information technology; QM = quality measure.
*
p < 0.08
**
p < 0.05
***
p < 0.01.