Table 2.
Physician characteristics
| Physician characteristic | Total (N=234) | Documentation style | p Value | ||
| Dictation (N=20) | Structured (N=68) | Free text (N=146) | |||
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 38 (11) | 52 (8) | 38 (10) | 36 (10) | <0.001 |
| Patients in panel with CAD, % mean (SD) | 4 (4) | 4 (3) | 4 (5) | 4 (4) | 0.90 |
| Patients in panel with DM, % mean (SD) | 9 (7) | 6 (5) | 9 (8) | 10 (6) | 0.08 |
| Visits per week, mean (SD) | 16 (17) | 37 (15) | 17 (18) | 12 (15) | <0.001 |
| Visits per year, mean (SD) | 710 (839) | 1759 (777) | 781 (871) | 533 (718) | <0.001 |
| Female, N (%) | 123 (53) | 10 (50) | 42 (62) | 71 (49) | 0.19 |
| Level of training, N (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Attending physician, N (%) | 125 (53) | 20 (100) | 38 (56) | 67 (46) | |
| Fellow, N (%) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Resident, N (%) | 107 (46) | 0 (0) | 29 (43) | 78 (53) | |
| Physicians with ≥1000 visits/year, N (%) | 70 (30) | 14 (70) | 21 (31) | 35 (24) | <0.001 |
| Experience with EHR, N (%) | 0.81 | ||||
| Very experienced, N (%) | 42 (18) | 4 (20) | 11 (16) | 28 (19) | |
| Somewhat experienced, N (%) | 62 (27) | 5 (25) | 20 (29) | 37 (25) | |
| Somewhat or very inexperienced, N (%) | 37 (16) | 1 (5) | 10 (15) | 26 (18) | |
| Did not respond to survey, N (%) | 92 (39) | 10 (50) | 27 (40) | 55 (38) | |
| Intervention group, N (%) | 131 (56) | 10 (50) | 40 (59) | 81 (55) | 0.77 |
CAD, coronary artery disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; EHR electronic health record.