TABLE 2.

Characteristics of patients and encounters with an alert

Characteristic	CDS Version 1, n (%)	CDS Version 2, n (%)
Age, mean (SD)	51.3 (17)	51.4 (17)
Female gender	359 (71)	376 (75)
Race
African American	100 (20)	70 (14)
White	309 (61)	359 (72)
Other	95 (19)	73 (15)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	82 (16)	68 (14)
Insurance
Medicare/Medicaid	256 (51)	234 (47)
Commercial	208 (41)	198 (39)
Other	40 (8)	70 (14)
Interpreter required	10 (2)	22 (4)
Diagnosis of dysthymia or chronic depression	324 (64)	391 (78)
Diagnosis of bipolar disorder	24 (5)	37 (7)
Diagnosis of personality disorder	9 (2)	15 (3)
No. of antidepressants prescribed, median (IQR)	1 (0, 1)	1 (0, 1)
No. of psychotropics prescribed, median (IQR)	0 (0, 0)	0 (0, 0)
Type of encounter
Acute	27 (5)	29 (6)
Preventative	364 (72)	466 (93)
New to establish care	113 (22)	7 (1)
Clinician type
Attending	368 (73)	443 (88)
Advanced practice provider	68 (13)	59 (12)
Resident	68 (13)	0 (0)
Type of practice
Family medicine	293 (58)	331 (55)
Internal medicine	201 (40)	159 (32)
Geriatrics	10 (2)	12 (2)
Encounter clinician is patient's PCP	241 (48)	295 (59)
Something urgent addressed at visit	21 (4)	8 (2)
Referral to psychiatrist/psychologist placed at visit	14 (2)	7 (2)
Change in antidepressant/psychotropic medication at visit	33 (7)	15 (3)
Depression/dysthymia billed at visit	2 (0.4)	2 (0.4)
Psychiatric indication billed at visit	7 (1)	0 (0)

CDS = clinical decision support; PCP = primary care provider.