Table 3

Patient contacts documented in the EPR and registered in the survey.

Type of patient contact
Number of patient contacts
Statistical significance of the difference between expected and registered contacts2)



All physicians
Respondents




Documented data in
electronic patient record
(MedicusR)
Expected1)
Registered



n
n
n
p

Visit
3098
2107
2296
0.237
Phone call
1115
758
948
< 0.001
Email
178
121
449
< 0.001

Patient contacts documented by all physicians at the Finnish Student Health Service (n = 76) in the electronic patient record (MedicusR) and registered by respondents (n = 52) in a survey over one working week (5.5. – 9.5.2003), as well as the statistical significance of the difference in contact numbers.

1)Based on the proportion of respondents among all physicians

2) Proportion test for two independent groups

Castrén et al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005 5:2   doi:10.1186/1472-6947-5-2