Table 4.

Effect of the template use on clinical documentation.

Documentation scores, with vs. without RST use (post-intervention only)
Condition	n	Comparison	# Criteria	Difference	Lower	Upper	p Value
Hypertension	30	Scoring criteria	14	47%	42%	53%	< 0.001
		Control criteria	6	2%	−5%	8%	0.62
Diabetes	14	Scoring criteria	15	43%	33%	53%	< 0.001
		Control criteria	7	−1%	−5%	3%	0.59
Chronic Respiratory Diseases	11	Scoring criteria	17/18	27%	21%	34%	< 0.001
		Control criteria	6	−7%	−14%	1%	0.07

Differences in clinical documentation between encounters where RSTs were used and where they were not. Differences were calculated only in patient charts (n) where post-intervention encounters included at least one encounter where a RST was used and one where it was not. A paired t-test was conducted by taking the differences in scores for each patient between the pre- and post-intervention periods for both ‘Scoring’ and ‘Control’ criteria. The average difference across patients, and the lower and upper limits of the confidence intervals are reported, along with corresponding p-values.