Table 1 Primary Care Provider Characteristics and Preferences (n = 21)

Physicians, n (%)

Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants, n (%)

Female, n (%)

Mean years since training, yr (sd)

Panel size

   Mean number of patients in panel, n (%)

   Median panel size

Practicing in rural clinic, n (%)

Preferences

Mode of Communication ¹, n (%)

   E-mail

   Telephone or pager

   In-person discussion

Prefers in-depth discussions of patient when time permits, n (%)

Prefers intervention team assess patient without contacting PCP first, n (%)

Prefers to co-sign all intervention team notes in the electronic record, n (%)

Prefers clinic nurse automatically included in intervention communications, n (%)

Prefers intervention team write orders without discussing changes first, n (%)

Prefers intervention team write new initial medication orders², n (%)