Table 2.
Summaries of meaningful use readiness dimensions by respondents’ roles and practice setting type
| Dimensions | Practice setting type | Role | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary n (%) | Specialty n (%) | P-value* | Doctor n (%) | Nurse n (%) | Advanced practice provider n (%) | P-value* | |
| Individual Readiness | |||||||
| Able to demonstrate | 0.767 | 0.312 | |||||
| MU | |||||||
| Very confident | 34 (36.6) | 63 (35.2) | 62 (32.5) | 21 (45.7) | 14 (40.0) | ||
| Less confident | 59 (63.4) | 116 (64.8) | 129 (67.5) | 25 (54.4) | 21 (60.0) | ||
| Missing | 47 | 81 | 89 | 19 | 20 | ||
| Willing to change work practices for MU | 0.932 | <0.001 | |||||
| Very willing | 82 (64.1) | 155 (65.4) | 151 (57.9) | 45 (83.3) | 41 (82.0) | ||
| Less willing | 46 (35.9) | 82 (34.6) | 110 (42.2) | 9 (16.7) | 9 (18.0) | ||
| Missing | 12 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Perceived departmental predictors | |||||||
| Department will support MU demonstration | 0.404 | 0.113 | |||||
| Strongly agrees | 80 (64.0) | 127 (55.2) | 141 (55.5) | 34 (61.8) | 32 (69.6) | ||
| Does not strongly agree | 45 (36.0) | 103 (44.8) | 113 (44.5) | 21 (38.2) | 14 (30.4) | ||
| Missing | 15 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Department will solve problems to minimize productivity declines during MU implementation | 0.393 | 0.023 | |||||
| Very confident | 48 (38.4) | 67 (30.0) | 71 (28.4) | 24 (47.1) | 20 (42.6) | ||
| Less confident | 77 (61.6) | 156 (70.0) | 179 (71.6) | 27 (52.9) | 27 (57.5) | ||
| Missing | 15 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 8 | ||
| MU fits department's goals for patient care | 0.786 | 0.375 | |||||
| Strongly agrees | 62 (49.6) | 83 (37.9) | 100 (40.5) | 24 (45.3) | 21 (47.7) | ||
| Does not strongly agree | 63 (50.4) | 136 (62.1) | 147 (59.5) | 29 (54.7) | 23 (52.3) | ||
| Missing | 15 | 41 | 33 | 12 | 11 | ||
| MU diverts attention from other patient care activities | 0.019 | 0.404 | |||||
| Strongly agrees | 5 (4.4) | 26 (12.6) | 26 (10.8) | 3 (7.5) | 2 (5.0) | ||
| Does not strongly agree | 110(95.7) | 180 (87.4) | 215 (89.2) | 37 (92.5) | 38 (95.0) | ||
| Missing | 25 | 54 | 39 | 25 | 15 | ||
*P-values for comparing across groups from generalized estimating equation model controlling for clustering by division.