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1Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
Abstract:
This retrospective descriptive study was undertaken to determine the characteristics of physicians who use the computer to access a Hospital Information System (HIS). A convenience sample of 630 staff physicians at a 640-bed metropolitan tertiary care teaching medical center was analyzed utilizing the variables of age, specialty, years in practice, gender, and frequency of use. A significant difference (p < or = .01) in age was found with the user physician being younger than the nonuser; no significance was found (p < or = .01) in specialty, years in practice, or gender.
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