Table 5.
Summary Data for Patient Population That Had Any Laboratory Tests 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 | 28420 | 45.6% | 19.7% | 25.9% | 54.4% | N/A | N/A |
| Female | 15221 | 51.3% | 23.1% | 28.2% | 48.7% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Male | 13199 | 38.9% | 15.8% | 23.1% | 61.1% | ||
| No outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 | 8125 | 29.9% | 11.2% | 18.7% | 70.2% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Outpatient diagnostic tests in 2018 | 20295 | 51.9% | 23.1% | 28.8% | 48.2% | ||
| Only one inpatient admission in 2018 | 21456 | 45.3% | 17.8% | 27.5% | 54.7% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Two or more admissions in 2018 | 6981 | 49.4% | 24.3% | 25.1% | 50.6% | ||
| Only lab tests done in 2018 | 16877 | 47.5% | 19.4% | 28.1% | 52.5% | p < 0.0001 | N.S. p = 0.16 |
| Both lab and imaging tests in 2018 | 11543 | 42.7% | 20.1% | 22.6% | 57.3% | ||
| Primary language not English | 768 | 24.6% | 8.7% | 15.9% | 75.4% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Primary language English | 27652 | 46.1% | 20.0% | 26.1% | 53.9% | ||
| Public insurance/Uninsured | 17403 | 36.1% | 14.2% | 21.9% | 63.9% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Commercial insurance | 11017 | 60.4% | 28.2% | 32.2% | 39.6% | ||
| Self-declared race not White | 3500 | 35.4% | 14.3% | 21.1% | 64.6% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Self-declared race White | 24920 | 46.9% | 20.4% | 26.5% | 53.1% | ||
| No legal proxy for patient | 27979 | 45.0% | 19.3% | 25.7% | 55.0% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 |
| Legal proxy for patient | 441 | 74.6% | 39.2% | 35.4% | 25.4% | ||
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.