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. 2019 Apr 4;7(2):e10949. doi: 10.2196/10949

Table 2.

Bivariate analysis for the primary outcome variables provider satisfaction (EHR affects you) and patient impact (EHR affects patients). Numerical value represents the mean score for each group.

Categorical variables Satisfaction mean P value Patient impact mean P value
Total population score 57.8
60.6
Age in years
.05
.27

20-29 67.5
65.8

30-39 59.3
60.7

40-49 49.1
54.4

>50 54.2
60.8
Clinical role
.01
.21

Attending (n=57) 52.1
57.9


Clinical full-time-equivalent
.88
.57



<0.5 54.5
61.7



0.5-0.99 50.9
58.3



1.0 51.2
55.6


Percentage of time supervising residents
.07
.24



<50 52.9
61.4



51-99 44.0
52.2



100 64.3
57.9


Super-user
.66
.39



No 52.4
55.9



Yes 50.8
65.3

Fellow 66.7
65.6

Resident 62.5
62.3

Postgraduate year (fellows and residents only)
.18
.37


1 63.0
57.5


2 76.1
70.7


3 59.2
62.7


4 57.4
61.0


5 57.1
57.9


6 63.8
64.4


7 77.0
78.0
Clinical department
.22
.26

Anesthesia 70.2
63.8

General medicine 58.1
63.5

Pediatrics 58.7
60.0

Psychiatry 62.0
59.2

Radiology 62.4
59.6

Medical subspecialty 47.1
52.7

Surgical subspecialty 62.8
68.5
Electronic health record experience in years
.11
.36

<1 84.0
82.0

1-5 61.7
59.3

5-10 56.5
61.2

>10 52.8
59.9
Epic experience in years
.12
.42

<1 66.5
64.6

1-5 55.8
59.1

5-10 55.7
62.2
Epic experience at MUSCa in years   .27
.47

<1 64.1
60.4

1-5 57.0
61.2

5-10 49.2
52.0
Number of systems used
.51   .15

1 60.4
59.3

2 57.6
62.6

3 54.0
55.4

4 65.8
69.4

aMUSC: Medical University of South Carolina.