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. 2021 Oct 27;22(17):1121–1133. doi: 10.2217/pgs-2021-0089

Table 2.  . Demographic information of survey respondents at six Veterans Affairs test sites.

  Providers (n = 83);
(55 ordering, 28 nonordering)
N (%)
Core teams (site champions and site coordinator) (n = 17)
N (%)
Health informatics
(CAC (n = 4), LIM (n = 3))
N (%)
Laboratory staff (n = 8)
N (%)
Total (n = 115)
N (%)
Gender
  Male
  Female
Decline to answer

30 (36.1%)
52 (62.7%)
1 (1.2%)

9 (52.9%)
7 (41.2%)
1 (5.9%)

1 (14.3%)
5 (71.4%)
1 (14.3%)

3 (37.5%)
3 (37.5%)
2 (25%)

43 (37.4%)
67 (58.3%)
5 (4.3%)
Age
  20–29 years
  30–39 years
  40–49 years
  50–59 years
  60 years and above
  Decline to answer

1 (1.2%)
26 (31.33%)
29 (34.9%)
20 (24.1%)
3 (3.6%)
4 (4.8%)

2 (11.8%)
9 (52.9%)
1 (5.9%)
4 (23.5%)
0 (0%)
1 (5.9%)

1 (14.3%)
0 (0%)
2 (28.6%)
0 (0%)
3 (42.9%)
1 (14.3%)

0 (0%)
2 (25%)
1 (12.5%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
5 (62.5%)

4 (3.5%)
37 (32.2%)
33 (28.7%)
24 (20.9%)
6 (5.2%)
11 (9.6%)
Ethnicity
  Hispanic or Latino
  Non-Hispanic or Latino
  Decline to answer

5 (6.0%)
70 (84.3%)
8 (9.6%)

2 (11.8%)
13 (76.5%)
2 (11.8%)

0 (0%)
6 (85.7%)
1 (14.3%)

0 (0%)
1 (12.5%)
7 (87.5%)

7 (6.1%)
90 (78.3%)
18 (15.7%)
Race
  American Indian or Alaska Native
  Asian
  Black or African American
  Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
  White
  Multiracial
  Decline to answer

1 (1.2%)
15 (18.1%)
2 (2.4%)
0 (%)
55 (66.3%)
2 (2.4%)
8 (9.6%)

0 (0%)
0 (0%)
4 (23.5%)
0 (0%)
9 (52.9%)
0 (0%)
4 (23.5%)

0 (0%)
1 (14.3%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
5 (71.4%)
0 (0%)
1 (14.3%)

0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
1 (12.5%)
0 (0%)
7 (87.5%)

1 (0.9%)
16 (13.9%)
6 (5.2%)
0 (0%)
70 (60.9%)
2 (1.7%)
20 (17.4%)
Years since last training program
  Still in a training program
  <10 years
  10–19 years
  20–29 years
  30+ years
  Decline to answer

5 (6.0%)
29 (34.9%)
29 (34.9%)
16 (19.3%)
2 (2.4%)
2 (2.4%)

NA

NA

NA

NA
Percentage of full-time equivalent spent in clinical care
  ≤25%
  26–50%
  51–75%
  >75%
  Decline to answer

11 (13.3%)
13 (15.7%)
9 (10.8%)
41 (49.4%)
9 (10.8%)

NA

NA

NA

NA

The same individuals within personnel groups may have been surveyed at preimplementation and implementation time points and each response is treated as a unique data entry.

CAC: Clinical application coordinator; LIM: Laboratory information manager; NA: Not applicable.