Criteria | Characteristics | Sample Hospitals (N = 623; in %) | US Hospitalsa (N = 4861; in %) |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital Type | Critical Access Hospitals | 2.0 | 25.8 |
 | Acute Care Hospitals | 98.0 | 73.7 |
 | Childrens | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Hospital Ownership | Government Hospitals | 14.6 | 25.5 |
 | Hospitals owned by physicians | 0.9 | 1.1 |
 | Proprietary Hospitals | 17.8 | 16.2 |
 | Voluntary non-profit Hospitals | 66.7 | 57.2 |
 | Tribal | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Emergency Service | Yes | 96.8 | 92.1 |
 | No | 3.2 | 7.9 |
Ability to receive lab results electronically | Yes | 81.1 | 67.4 |
 | No | 14.3 | 20.5 |
 | Not Available | 4.6 | 12.1 |
Ability to track patients’ lab results, tests, and referrals electronically between visits | Yes | 74.7 | 61.9 |
 | No | 20.6 | 25.6 |
 | Not Available | 4.7 | 12.5 |
Safe Surgery Checklist Use | Yes | 88.5 | 79.1 |
 | No | 6.9 | 8.9 |
 | Not Available | 4.6 | 12.0 |
Cardiac surgery registry | Does not have a Cardiac Surgery | 40.7 | 55.4 |
 | Yes | 52.0 | 22.7 |
 | No | 3.1 | 1.3 |
 | Not Available | 4.2 | 20.7 |
General surgery registry | Yes | 28.9 | 13.9 |
 | No | 66.9 | 65.5 |
 | Not Available | 4.2 | 20.7 |
Nursing care registry | Yes | 63.9 | 35.4 |
 | No | 31.9 | 44.0 |
 | Not Available | 4.2 | 20.7 |
Stroke care registry | Yes | 65.1 | 35.9 |
 | No | 30.7 | 43.4 |
 | Not Available | 4.2 | 20.7 |