Table 2. Inpatient Portal Use Outcomes by Study Group .
| Outcome | No. of patients | Study group | Combined group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite-tech, low-touch | Lite-tech, high-touch | Full-tech, low-touch | Full-tech, high-touch | Any high-touch | Any low- touch | Any full-tech | Any lite-tech | ||
| Inpatient portal frequency of use | |||||||||
| Sessions in enrollment admission, No. of patients (mean No. of sessions) | 2892 | 468 (18.4) | 277 (23.7) | 1523 (26.5) | 624 (36.1) | 901 (32.3) | 1991 (24.6) | 2147 (29.3) | 745 (20.4) |
| IRR (95% CI) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1.34 (1.25-1.44)a | 1.47 (1.25-1.72)b | ||
| Inpatient portal comprehensiveness of use | |||||||||
| Comprehensive portal user, No./total No. (%)c | 2892 | 150/468 (32.1) | 246/277 (88.8) | 396/1523 (26.0) | 554/624 (88.8) | 800/901 (88.8) | 546/1991 (27.4) | 950/2147 (44.2) | 396/745 (53.2) |
| OR (95% CI) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 20.75 (16.49-26.10)a | 0.79 (0.72-0.87)b | ||
Abbreviations: IRR, incidence rate ratio; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio.
a
Value applies to both the any high-touch group and the any low-touch group.
b
Value applies to both the any full-tech group and the any lite-tech group.
c
Indicates used all 3 lite-tech functions or 8 or more of the 10 full-tech functions.