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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2011 Jan 27;31(5):311–317. doi: 10.1038/jp.2010.202

Table 2.

Survey resultsa

Pre-
intervention
Post-
intervention
P-value
Handoff tool used <0.0001
  Number of respondents 52 46
  Microsoft Access-based (%) 40 (77) 1 (2)
  EMR-integrated (%) 3 (6) 43 (94)
  None (%) 9 (17) 2 (4)
Perceived accuracy of sign-out document 0.0025
  Number of respondents 45 46
  Very accurate (%) 6 (13) 17 (37)
  Somewhat accurate (%) 29 (64) 25 (54)
  Somewhat inaccurate (%) 10 (22) 4 (9)
  Very inaccurate (%) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Satisfaction with sign-out process <0.0001
  Number of respondents 43 36
  Very satisfied (%) 4 (9) 12 (33)
  Somewhat satisfied (%) 11 (26) 21 (58)
  Neutral (%) 12 (28) 0 (0)
  Somewhat dissatisfied (%) 16 (37) 2 (6)
  Very dissatisfied (%) 0 (0) 1 (3)
Satisfaction with sign-out document 0.0003
  Number of respondents 45 46
  Very satisfied (%) 8 (18) 18 (39)
  Somewhat satisfied (%) 24 (53) 27 (59)
  Neutral (%) 7 (16) 0 (0)
  Somewhat dissatisfied (%) 6 (13) 1 (2)
  Very dissatisfied (%) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Time updating sign-out document 0.026
  Number of respondents 38 33
  <5 min/day (%) 1 (3) 0 (0)
  5–10 min/day (%) 11 (29) 5 (15)
  11–15 min/day (%) 10 (26) 10 (30)
  16–20 min/day (%) 15 (39) 11 (33)
  21–25 min/day (%) 0 (0) 3 (10)
  26–30 min/day (%) 1 (3) 3 (10)
  >30 min/day (%) 0 (0) 1 (3)
Percent of time transcribing from EMR 0.0006
  Number of respondents 38 33
  <25% (%) 6 (16) 17 (52)
  25–49% (%) 17 (45) 10 (30)
  50–74% (%) 11 (29) 6 (18)
  >75% (%) 4 (11) 0 (0)

Abbreviation: EMR, electronic medical record.

a

Excludes responses indicating ‘not enough information to respond’.