Table 2 |
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| Relationships between HIT Implementation and Mean Number of QI Strategies and Practices, and between HIT Implementation and Mean of the Hospital Performance Measures (numbers of hospitals in parentheses) | ||||
| Measure | HIT Category | P-value | ||
| Low | Medium | High | ||
| QI Strategies and Practices | 2.44 (79) | 3.63 (264) | 4.20 (61) | 0.000 †§ |
| Composite HQA Process of Care | 81.0 (51) | 82.6 (241) | 85.2 (61) | 0.009 †‡ |
| Observed to Expected Mortality Rate* | 1.29 (70) | 1.06 (263) | 1.07 (61) | 0.000†§ |
| HCAHPS Patient Satisfaction | 60.5 (31) | 66.0 (187) | 67.9 (48) | 0.000†§ |
| Quality Manager Assessment of Patient Care Quality | 3.11 (81) | 3.19 (266) | 3.56 (62) | 0.001†‡ |
| Front-line Clinicians’ Assessment of Patient Care Quality | 3.22 (82) | 3.31 (269) | 3.40 (62) | 0.032† |
†Significant difference between Low and High.
‡Significant difference between Medium and High.
§Significant difference between Low and Medium.
*: ln(O/E) was used when conducting the statistical tests.
Restuccia et al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2012 12:109 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-12-109
