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Table 3 Differences in hospital characteristics of hospitals for Epic, Meditech and Cerner

From: Vendor of choice and the effectiveness of policies to promote health information exchange

  

All EHR vendors

EPIC

Meditech

Cerner

N = 1871

N = 407

N = 360

N = 338

Hospital size

Small (< 100 beds)

47%

33%***

44%

33%***

Medium (100–399 beds)

40%

44%*

51%***

49%***

Large (> = 400 beds)

13%

23%***

5%***

18%***

Ownership

Non-Profit

71%

88%***

69%

78%***

For-Profit

8%

1%***

14%***

7%

Public

21%

11%***

17%**

15%***

  1. Note: Using t-test for equality of means the significance levels for a two-tailed tests are *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01
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BMC Health Services Research

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