Table 5. Use of Health Information Technology Functionalities, 2010 and 2012

	Health Centers Using Each Functionality (%)						Percentage Point Difference Between Beacon and Non-Beacon
	2010			2012			2010	2012
	Overall	Non-Beacon	Beacon	Overall	Non-Beacon	Beacon	2010	2012
Structured data capture
Patient history and demographic information	63.94	63.01	75.29	89.57	88.95	97.65	12.28^*	8.70^*
Electronic order transmission
Prescriptions	50.40	49.61	60.00	86.31	85.62	95.29	10.39	9.67^*
Lab orders	49.96	49.33	57.65	74.46	73.85	82.35	8.32	8.50
Radiology orders	21.73	21.39	25.88	34.89	35.49	27.06	4.49	−8.43
Clinical decision support
Guideline-based reminders for interventions or tests	51.11	50.19	62.35	80.05	78.89	95.29	12.16^*	16.40^{^†}
Prompt for and record of tobacco cessation intervention	34.91	34.10	44.71	67.20	66.49	76.47	10.61^{^‡}	9.98
Engaging patients and families
Capability to provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information upon request	41.14	40.27	51.76	70.95	70.97	70.59	11.49^*	−0.38
Capacity to give clinical summaries to patients after visits	52.09	51.16	63.53	85.06	84.28	95.29	12.37^*	11.01^{^‡}
Care coordination and performance measurement
Capability to exchange key clinical information	32.50	31.98	38.82	55.09	54.00	69.41	6.84	15.41^{^‡}
Electronically submit clinical measures	49.87	49.33	56.47	70.78	70.17	78.82	7.14	8.65
Public health
Disease notifications sent electronically	11.58	11.46	12.94	18.61	18.69	17.65	1.48	−1.04
Electronic reporting to immunization registries	21.37	21.00	25.88	36.14	35.76	41.18	4.88	5.42

Source: 2010 and 2012 Uniform Data System.
The significance between Beacon and non-Beacon usage rates for each functionality was tested using independent samples differences in means t tests:
↵* P < .05,
↵† P < .001,
↵‡ P < .01.