Table 2.
Physician characteristics and beliefs about meaningful use (Percent of respondents).
| Physician characteristics | Decrease medical errors | Not increase effectiveness of care | Improve patient-centered care | Not improve patient outcomes | Improve quality of care | Improve care personally delivers | Improve care the AMC delivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree or Strongly Agree | |||||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 38.4 | 49.4 | 27.0 | 22.7** | 25.8 | 22.4 | 36.9 |
| Male | 40.0 | 52.1 | 30.4 | 30.5 | 27.8 | 23.7 | 39.2 |
| (p=0.007) | |||||||
| Specialty | |||||||
| Primary Care | 44.3* | 44.3* | 36.8** | 16.8*** | 34.8** | 30.3** | 42.3* |
| Medical Specialties | 39.6 | 51.4 | 27.8 | 26.5 | 25.6 | 22.4 | 39.2 |
| Surgical Specialties | 30.8 | 58.2 | 21.9 | 44.1 | 21.2 | 15.8 | 28.1 |
| (p=0.04) | (p=0.03) | (p=0.006) | (p < 0.001) | (p=0.009) | (p=0.005) | (p=0.02) | |
| Race | |||||||
| White | 39.1 | 52.6 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 38.0 |
| Non-White | 40.0 | 44.9 | 31.2 | 23.0 | 28.0 | 25.1 | 38.9 |
| Age | |||||||
| < 55 years | 37.5 | 50.7 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 38.3 |
| ≥55 years | 43.4 | 51.4 | 31.9 | 28.4 | 32.8** | 25.9 | 37.8 |
| (p=0.008) | |||||||
| Satisfaction with outpatient EHR | |||||||
| Other | 33.4*** | 56.6** | 22.3*** | 32.7*** | 22.3** | 16.8*** | 30.0*** |
| Satisfied | 45.1 | 47.6 | 35.4 | 22.1 | 32.5 | 29.9 | 47.2 |
| (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | (p < 0.001) | |
| # of outpatients per week | |||||||
| ≤30 | 41.1 | 48.6 | 29.1 | 27.1 | 29.0 | 24.3 | 39.0 |
| >30 | 36.9 | 55.0 | 28.4 | 27.7 | 24.6 | 21.2 | 36.3 |
| Hours worked outpatient | |||||||
| ≤20 hours per week | 38.0 | 48.8 | 27.4 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 21.6 | 36.8 |
| >20 hours per week | 39.7 | 55.3 | 30.2 | 27.3 | 27.2 | 24.6 | 39.0 |
Notes: 1. Only significant p-values are shown
2. * p<0.05
** p<0.01
*** p<0.001