Table 1.
Summary Data for Patient Population That Had Any Diagnostic Testing Performed in 2018
| Active Patient Portal Account |
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| Number of Unique Patients | Total | At Least One Report Viewed | No Report Viewed | Inactive Patient Portal Account | Activation Significance1 | Viewed vs. Not Viewed Significance2 | |
| Overall | 40640 | 43.3% | 16.9% | 26.4% | 56.7% | N/A | N/A |
| Female | 21083 | 48.6% | 20.2% | 28.5% | 51.4% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Male | 19557 | 37.6% | 13.3% | 24.2% | 62.4% | ||
| No outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 | 13452 | 32.5% | 10.1% | 22.4% | 67.5% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 | 27188 | 48.7% | 20.2% | 28.4% | 51.3% | ||
| Only one inpatient admission in 2018 | 30083 | 40.6% | 13.7% | 26.9% | 59.4% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Two or more admissions in 2018 | 10557 | 51.1% | 26.0% | 25.1% | 48.9% | ||
| Only lab or imaging tests done in 2018 | 29102 | 43.5% | 14.5% | 29.1% | 56.5% | N.S. p = 0.13 |
p < 0.0001 |
| Both lab and imaging tests in 2018 | 11538 | 42.7% | 22.9% | 19.8% | 57.3% | ||
| Primary language not English | 1112 | 29.6% | 9.4% | 20.2% | 70.4% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Primary language English | 39528 | 43.7% | 17.1% | 26.6% | 56.3% | ||
| Public insurance/Uninsured | 23394 | 36.8% | 13.3% | 23.5% | 63.2% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Commercial insurance | 17246 | 52.1% | 21.7% | 30.4% | 47.9% | ||
| Self-declared race not White | 4948 | 33.0% | 12.1% | 20.8% | 67.0% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Self-declared race White | 35692 | 44.7% | 17.5% | 27.2% | 55.3% | ||
| No legal proxy for patient | 39935 | 43.0% | 16.6% | 26.3% | 57.0% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Legal proxy for patient | 705 | 63.1% | 29.9% | 33.2% | 36.9% | ||
Fisher exact t-test for number of patients with activated patient portal account compared to number of patients who have not activated patient portal accounts.
Fisher exact t-test for number of patients with viewed at least one report from diagnostic testing compared to number of patients who did not view any reports.