Table 1.
Characteristics of IHS Physician Respondents by Specialty, September 2012 (n = 333)
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age, median (IQR) | 52 (44–59) |
| Female | 39.6 |
| Race | |
| White | 69.9 |
| Black | 4.1 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11.0 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 8.2 |
| Other race | 5.3 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 10.2 |
| Practice characteristics | |
| Primary care specialty † | 76.3 |
| Outpatient practice | 95.2 |
| Outpatient visits/week, median (IQR) | 56 (40–75) |
| Inpatient practice | 58.0 |
| Inpatient visits/week, median (IQR) | 6 (4–12) |
| Years in practice, median (IQR) | 18 (9–26) |
| Years with IHS EHR, median (IQR) | 4 (2–6) |
| Computer in every exam room | 74.8 |
| Use EHR during patient encounters | |
| Use EHR during each encounter | 67.2 |
| Use at the end of each encounter | 25.1 |
| Use at the end of clinic session | 4.9 |
| Do not use with clinic sessions | 2.8 |
| Transition from paper‐based records (vs. electronic records) | 47.7 |
EHR, electronic health record; IHS, Indian Health Service; IQR, interquartile range.
†Includes family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and medicine‐pediatrics.