Table 1. Medical Record Closure Outcome Measures of Physicians Who Never Used Scribes vs Scribe Users at Baseline, With Counts.
| Characteristic | Scribe condition, No. (%)a | Difference (95% CI) | P valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Baseline (pre-scribe) | |||
| No. of physicians | 329 (77) | 101 (23) | ||
| No. of encounters | 845 981 (69) | 209 181 (17) | ||
| No. of encounters/wk, median (IQR)c | 11.00 (6.00 to 18.00) | 13.00 (8.00 to 19.00) | −2.00 (−4.00 to 0) | .02 |
| Medical record closure time, d | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 2.12 (16.37) | 5.32 (15.85) | −3.20 (−3.28 to −3.12) | <.001 |
| Median (IQR) | 0.14 (0.04 to 1.27) | 0.69 (0.07 to 6.16) | −0.55 (−0.58 to −0.51) | <.001 |
| Delinquent medical records | 21 547 (2.55) | 24 611 (11.77) | −9.22 (−9.36 to −9.08) | <.001 |
| Medical records closed after hours | 147 551 (17.44) | 58 590 (28.01) | −10.57 (−10.78 to −10.36) | <.001 |
a
Percentages may not add up to 100 because they are rounded to the nearest whole number.
b
Mann-Whitney U test, Welch 2-sample t test, or Pearson χ2 test were used to evaluate differences between never and baseline (pre-scribe) conditions.
c
The total median (IQR) encounters per week were based on individual physician medians (ie, individual physician medians were calculated first, and then the medians and IQRs of encounters across physicians were calculated).