title: Physician usage of the computer to access a hospital information system.
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.
authors.affiliation: Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McBride
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D010820:Physicians; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013038:Specialization