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. 2016 Aug 26;24(2):394–397. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw127

Table 3.

Changes in the quality of care during progress from Meaningful Use stages 1 to 2

Physician Delivery of Care, Mean %a
Physicians, No.
All Physicians
PCPs
Non-PCPs
Clinical Quality Measure All
PCPs
Non-PCPs
MU1
MU2
P-valueb MU1
MU2
P-valueb MU1
MU2
P-valueb
No. % % %
Hypertension: <140/90 mmHg, Age 18–85 667 117 550 35 40 <.01 67 67.5 29 35 <.01
Influenza immunization 89 75 14 63 68 <.01 66 73 <.01 49 44.3
Tobacco use assessment/cessation intervention 637 117 520 86 96 <.01 82 96 <.01 87 95 <.01
Diabetes: HbA1c <9.0% 503 114 389 93 96 <.01 90 95 <.01 95 94.2
Chlamydia screening, age 16–24 604 115 489 10 9 .1 17 13 .2 9 8 .4
Weight screening/follow-up, Age 18–64 672 119 553 32 32 .3 31 31 .3 32 33 .5
Weight screening/follow-up, age ≥ 65 635 117 518 54 49 <.01 54 49 <.01 53 49 .5

aUnweighted means of individual physician scores.

bThe frequency with which an eligible physician delivered high-quality care to her/his patients during MU1 was compared to the same physician’s performance during MU2 by paired t-test. HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; MU, meaningful use; PCPs, primary care physicians.