2019 HSC Section 2 - Practice Management

TABLE I. ( Continued)

No.

%

How many audiologists are employed in your group? Answer choices None

16

16%

1

11

11%

2–3

33

32%

4–5

8

8%

> 5

34

33%

Does your group use oto-techs (nonaudiologists) for diagnostic hearing testing? Answer choices Yes

24

24%

No

78

76%

What in-office ancillary services does your practice offer? Answer choices Diagnostic audiograms

84

100%

Otoacoustic emission testing

72

86%

ABR

53

63%

Pediatric sedated ABR

19

23%

ENG

64

76%

Hearing aids

78

93%

CT scanner

53

63%

Ultrasound

42

50%

Transnasal esophagoscopy

28

33%

Esophageal manometry

9

11%

24-hour pH probe testing

10

12%

Compounding pharmacy services

15

18%

Does your group provide allergy services? Answer choices Yes

76

84%

No

14

16%

Does your practice allow outpatient allergy shots? Answer choices Yes

51

68%

No

24

32%

At what interval do you require mandatory allergy retesting for patients on allergy shots? Answer choices Annually

1

1%

3–5 years

25

33%

6–10 years

1

1%

Only when symptoms require

48

64%

How do you prepare patient vials? Answer choices Mix in house

68

91%

Third-party vendor

7

9%

Do you have a separate vendor for an allergy-specific EMR product? Answer choices Yes

19

25%

No

56

75%

What is the value of allergy-specific EMR in patient care to date? Answer choices Significant negative benefit

0

0%

Moderate negative benefit

0

0%

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