Table 2
Components in IOM Domains (Ranked by Most Frequent) Used in Information Systems for Chronic Disease Care and Correlation with Positive Quality of Care Outcomes
| Heavy use | Some use | No use | Correlation with positive outcome | ||
| % | % | % | r | p-value | |
| Health Information and Data | 44% | 29% | 27% | ||
| Part of or connect to EMR | 10% | 28% | 77% | 0.28 | 0.05 |
| Structured outcome measures | 33% | 67% | |||
| Decision Support | 42% | 25% | 33% | ||
| Diagnosis | 6% | 94% | |||
| Access to guidelines | 42% | 58% | −0.37 | 0.01 | |
| Computerized prompts | 54% | 46% | 0.2 | 0.07 | |
| Results Management | 28% | 29% | 43% | ||
| Communication/connectivity | 20% | 32% | 48% | ||
| E-messaging | 28% | 72% | |||
| Telemedicine/monitoring | 13% | 87% | 0.18 | 0.07 | |
| Health information exchange | 24% | 75% | |||
| Population management | 28% | 18% | 54% | 0.25 | 0.06 |
| Disease management | 19% | 81% | |||
| Population reports | 17% | 83% | 0.32 | 0.02 | |
| Public health reporting | 5% | 95% | |||
| Disease registries | 18% | 82% | |||
| Audit/feedback | 19% | 78% | 0.31 | 0.02 | |
| Order Entry | 29% | 14% | 57% | 0.2 | 0.07 |
| Specific components included | 11% | 21% | 69% | 0.41 | 0.02 |
| Patient Support/Portals | 19% | 13% | 68% | 0.2 | 0.07 |
| Computerized education | 10% | 90% | |||
| Patient Health Record | 12% | 88% | |||
| Patient data entry | 24% | 74% | |||
| Administrative Processes | 4% | 16% | 79% | ||
| Electronic scheduling | 13% | 87% | 0.19 | 0.08 | |
| Identifying patients for research | 2% | 98% | |||
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Heavy use of a component was defined as presence of two or more subcomponents; some use defined as inclusion of one subcomponent.
