Table 3.

Utilization of electronic medical record data in the key scientific research departments of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China between 2016 and 2019.

Research score ranking	Department	2016				2017				2018				2019
		Times	Proportion of the whole hospital request times, %	Frequency	Times		Proportion of the whole hospital request times, %	Frequency	Times		Proportion of the whole hospital request times, %	Frequency	Times		Proportion of the whole hospital request times, %	Frequency
1	Neurology	49	28.8%	0.16	57		28.4%	0.19	70		24.3%	0.23	65		23.8%	0.16
2	Neurosurgery	18	10.6%	0.08	17		8.5%	0.08	16		5.6%	0.07a	8		2.9%	0.03a
3	Radiology	7	4.1%	0.06	6		3.0%	0.05a	8		2.8%	0.07a	7		2.6%	0.06a
4	General Surgery	5	2.9%	0.05a	21		10.4%	0.20	16		5.6%	0.15	10		3.7%	0.07a
5	Functional Neurosurgery	1	0.6%	0.01a	1		0.5%	0.01a	4		1.4%	0.05a	4		1.5%	0.05a
6	Interventional Radiography	0	0%	0.00a	1		0.5%	0.03a	9		3.1%	0.26	5		1.9%	0.14
7	Vascular Surgery	13	7.7%	0.19	15		7.5%	0.22	13		4.5%	0.19	5		1.9%	0.07a
8	Anesthesiology	0	0%	0.00a	2		1.0%	0.01a	2		0.7%	0.01a	6		2.0%	0.03a
9	Pharmacy	25	14.7%	0.20	19		9.5%	0.15	33		11.5%	0.26	22		8.1%	0.17
10	Orthopedics	1	0.6%	0.02a	3		1.5%	0.05a	3		1.0%	0.05a	3		1.0%	0.05a
Total	N/Ab	119	70.0%	N/A	142		70.8%	N/A	174		60.5%	N/A	135		49.4%	N/A
Frequency of the overall hospital	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.06	N/A		N/A	0.07	N/A		N/A	0.10	N/A		N/A	0.10

^aThe annual per capita electronic medical record data utilization frequency of this department was lower than the annual average of the whole hospital. The annual average is based on all departments.

^bN/A: not applicable.