Table 8 Availability of electronic ordering
Questions | Hospital Size | Yes*** | No*** | Not Applicable*** | Missing*** | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electronic ordering for medication | Large (> = 400 beds) | 54 (90.0%) | 5 (8.3%) | 1 (1.7%) | 40 | 0.004** |
Medium (100–399 beds) | 140 (85.9%) | 11 (6.7%) | 12 (7.4%) | 42 | ||
Small (6–99 beds) | 241 | 41 | 5 | 8 | ||
Percentage | 72.5% | 9.5% | 3.0% | 15.0% | ||
Total | 435 | 57 | 18 | 90 | ||
Electronic ordering for non-medication | Large (> = 400 beds) | 41 (97.6%) | 1 (2.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 58 | 0.016* |
Medium (100–399 beds) | 90 (98.9%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 114 | ||
Small (6–99 beds) | 245 (91.4%) | 23 (8.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 27 | ||
Percentage | 62.7% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 33.2% | ||
Total | 376 | 25 | 0 | 199 | ||
Electronic ordering for nursing and/or physician services | Large (> = 400 beds) | 75 (76.5%) | 5 (5.1%) | 18 (18.4%) | 2 | 0.001** |
Medium (100–399 beds) | 160 (78.4%) | 17 (8.3%) | 27 (13.2%) | 1 | ||
Small (6–99 beds) | 239 (81.3%) | 37 (12.6%) | 18 (6.1%) | 1 | ||
Percentage | 79.0% | 9.8% | 10.5% | 0.7% | ||
Total | 474 | 59 | 63 | 4 |