Integrating a health-related-quality-of-life module within electronic health records: a comparative case study assessing value added

Table 4 Level of GEM Usage

		Provider
		A	B	C	D	E	Total	P
Provider refers to GEM computer prompts *	Mean	0.75	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.08	0.28	< .001
	SD	0.68	0.00	0.00	0.84	0.29	0.56
Provider refers to GEM questionnaire administration or computer prompts *	Mean	1.06	0.20	0.00	0.50	0.08	0.39	< .001
	SD	0.85	0.45	0.00	0.84	0.29	0.70
Patient refers to GEM topics **	Mean	1.00	0.60	0.33	0.83	0.50	0.63	.15
	SD	1.03	0.55	0.69	0.41	0.67	0.79
Provider/Patient refers to GEM ***	Mean	1.19	0.20	0.00	0.83	0.08	0.46	< .001
	SD	1.05	0.45	0.00	1.60	0.29	0.91

* 0 = no, 1 = once, 2 = two or more times
** Count of times patient refers to one of the GEM topics (e.g., ADLs, quality of life)
*** Sum of times that either the provider or patient refers to the GEM computer prompts or questionnaire administration

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