TY - GEN
T1 - A Qualitative study of Swedes' opinions about shared electronic health records
AU - Lehnbom, Elin C.
AU - McLachlan, Andrew J.
AU - Brien, Jo-anne E.
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - European countries are world-leading in the development and implementation of e-Health. In Sweden, all primary healthcare centres and most hospitals use digital records. Some regions use the same software which allows for clinical information to be shared (regionally shared EHRs), but there is a movement towards making all EHRs inter-operable to allow for a National Patient Summary (NPS). The aim of this study was to explore the opinions of Swedish consumers and health professionals about shared EHRs and the NPS. Semi-structered phone interviews were conducted with consumers and health professionals. The majority of interviewed health professionals were currently using regionally shared EHRs. In their experience, having access to regionally shared EHRs facilitated a holistic patient approach, assisted in patient follow-up, and reduced inappropriate (over)prescribing. Consumers had a poor level of knowledge about shared EHRs and the NPS. Unlike health professionals, consumers perceived a NPS to be of great value. The findings indicate that there was a discrepancy between health professionals and consumers' knowledge of, and the perceived need for, a NPS.
AB - European countries are world-leading in the development and implementation of e-Health. In Sweden, all primary healthcare centres and most hospitals use digital records. Some regions use the same software which allows for clinical information to be shared (regionally shared EHRs), but there is a movement towards making all EHRs inter-operable to allow for a National Patient Summary (NPS). The aim of this study was to explore the opinions of Swedish consumers and health professionals about shared EHRs and the NPS. Semi-structered phone interviews were conducted with consumers and health professionals. The majority of interviewed health professionals were currently using regionally shared EHRs. In their experience, having access to regionally shared EHRs facilitated a holistic patient approach, assisted in patient follow-up, and reduced inappropriate (over)prescribing. Consumers had a poor level of knowledge about shared EHRs and the NPS. Unlike health professionals, consumers perceived a NPS to be of great value. The findings indicate that there was a discrepancy between health professionals and consumers' knowledge of, and the perceived need for, a NPS.
KW - electronic health records
KW - qualitative research
KW - Sweden
KW - health personnel
KW - patients
KW - attitudes
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-3
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-3
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 23920504
SN - 9781614992882
T3 - Studies in health technology and informatics
SP - 3
EP - 7
BT - MEDINFO 2013
A2 - Lehmann, Christoph Ulrich
A2 - Ammenwerth, Elske
A2 - Nøhr, Christian
PB - IOS Press
CY - Amsterdam
T2 - World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (14th : 2013)
Y2 - 20 August 2013 through 23 August 2013
ER -