Table 1.
Study site characteristics preimplementation.
| Site | City | Estimated patient population | Community | Setting | Emergency department provider IPPa access | Patient IPP access |
| Augusta University Adult Center for Blood Disorders | Augusta | 358 | Urban | Academic | IPPs in secured servers in the emergency department for some patients, not in the electronic health record | No |
| Duke University Medical Center | Durham | 450 | Suburban | Academic | Electronic health record–embedded IPPs, but they do not have provider contact | No |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | New York | 175 | Urban | Academic | IPPs in clinical notes | No |
| Methodist University Hospital | Memphis | 350 | Urban | Private hospital | IPPs in clinical notes | IPPs in clinical notes |
| Barnes-Jewish Hospital | St. Louis | 300 | Urban | Academic | No IPPs | No |
| University of California at San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland | Oakland | 286 | Urban | Academic | IPPs in clinical notes | No |
| University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Sickle Cell Center |
Chicago | 600 | Urban | Academic | IPPs in emergency department and clinical notes for select patients | No |
| Medical University of South Carolina Health Emergency Department | Charleston | 400 | Urban | Academic | Electronic health record–embedded IPPs | No |
aIPP: individualized pain plan.