Table 4.
Percent of Technological IT Sophistication by Health Care Domain
| Resident Care | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Available |
Barely Used |
Somewhat Used |
Extensively Used |
|
| Resident Management Processes | (%) | |||
| Electronic Tracking of Medical Records | 63 | 13 | 8 | 17 |
| Electronic Tracking of Resident ID | 48 | 14 | 13 | 25 |
| Scanning of Medical Records | 93 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Centralized Scheduling | 74 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| Dictation for Physician Notes | 79 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Voice recognition for Physician notes | 96 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Connection to External Database (e.g. Medline) |
61 | 12 | 17 | 11 |
| Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems | 92 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Expert Systems Resident PHR | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Telemedicine for Resident Eval | 92 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Electronic Access to Radiology Images | 91 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Transmission of Diagnostic Images or consultations |
90 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Nursing | ||||
| PCs or Workstations at Nurse Station | 75 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| PCs or Workstations in Hallways | 93 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| PCs or Workstations on MedCart | 93 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| PCs or Workstations at Bedside | 96 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Portable computing devices (e.g. handhelds, laptops) |
86 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Touch Screens | 89 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Physical/Occupational Therapy | ||||
| PCs or Workstations at Nurse Station | 84 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| PCs or Workstations in Hallways | 94 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Portable computing devices | 84 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Touch Screens | 94 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Clinical Support | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Available |
Barely Used |
Somewhat Used |
Extensively Used |
|
| Laboratory | (%) | |||
| Electronic Coding for Specimen | 87 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Electronic Lab Test Requisitions | 75 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Electronic Reporting of Lab Results | 65 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| Electronic Results Transmission | 78 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Radiology | ||||
| Picture Archive Communications | 95 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Electronic Coding (e.g. films) | 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Electronic Test Requisitions | 95 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Voice Recognition for Transcription | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Digital Radiologic Images | 94 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Electronic Access to Radiology Images | 94 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Results Capturing and Interpretation | 95 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Pharmacy | ||||
| Electronic Data Links to Medication Suppliers |
90 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Extranet Links to Suppliers | 93 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Remote OE for Medications from clinical units |
91 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Remote OE for Medications outside nursing home (e.g. clinic, home) |
93 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
ID-Identification
PHR-Personal Health Record
PCs-Personal Computers
OE-Order Entry