Predictor characteristics | Characteristic subcategories |
Event report | Reporter type (clinician/staff) |
Intensive reporting week (yes/no)* | |
Practice | Residency/non-residency |
Practice category (high-/low-quality testing processes) | |
EMR (yes/no) | |
No. of labs used (outside and inside) | |
Percentage time report normal lab results to patients | |
Percentage time report clinically insignificant abnormal lab results to patients | |
Percentage time report abnormal lab results to patients | |
Follow-up of abnormal results/results needing action are tracked (yes/no) | |
Patient | Age |
Race | |
Familiarity of reporter with patient’s health problems | |
Complex health problem (yes/no) | |
Chronic health problem (yes/no) | |
Error | Type error |
Seriousness of error | |
Error related to specific patient (yes/no) | |
No. of errors reported | |
Cascade or independent errors (if more than one reported) | |
Location of errors | |
Seriousness of event | |
Frequency of encountering events like this |
*Intensive reporting occurred at staggered intervals during four of the 32 reporting weeks for each of the eight participating practices. Participants at each practice were instructed to report every diagnostic testing process error that they observed during their intensive reporting weeks.