Table 1 Respondent characteristics
CharacteristicN (%)a
Occupation
MD/DO315 (51.2%)
APRN122 (19.8%)
PA97 (15.8%)
Other14 (2.3%)
HIE adoption status
Implemented and using NeHII100 (16.3%)
Intend to use NeHII within next 12 months19 (3.1%)
Deciding whether or not to use NeHII in next 12 months33 (5.4%)
Not intending to use NeHII within next 12 months25 (4.1%)
Specialty
Family medicine149 (24.2%)
Internal medicine94 (15.3%)
Paediatrics54 (8.8%)
Surgery37 (6.0%)
Anaesthesiology33 (5.4%)
Emergency medicine30 (4.9%)
Orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation26 (4.2%)
Obstetrics and gynaecology22 (3.6%)
Psychiatry20 (3.3%)
Otolaryngology11 (1.8%)
Otherb47 (7.6%)
Practice location
Rural169 (27.5%)
Urban non-teaching186 (30.2%)
Urban teaching174 (28.3%)
Practice bed size
Small (1–74)187 (30.4%)
Medium (75–174)91 (14.8%)
Large (175+)200 (32.5%)
TOTAL615 (100%)

  • ↵a Percentages were calculated out of 615 total responses and do not add up to 100 due to missing data

  • ↵b Specialties with fewer than 10 providers