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. 2020 Aug 25;17(17):6165.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176165.

Access to an Electronic Health Record: A Polish National Survey

Maria Magdalena Bujnowska-Fedak  1 , Łukasz Wysoczański  1
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Access to an Electronic Health Record: A Polish National Survey

Maria Magdalena Bujnowska-Fedak et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

In Poland, as in many countries around the world, e-health services are becoming more and more popular. Obligatory e-sick leave was implemented, followed by e-prescriptions and e-referrals. Therefore, it is worth considering the introduction of a complete electronic health record (EHR) that can be accessed by doctors and patients. The main aim of the study is to find out whether patients want to have access to their EHRs and if they would agree to pay for such a service. The research was based on three surveys conducted among 1000 Polish adults in 2007, 2012, and 2018. The sample collection was carried out by the national opinion poll agency, with the use of computer-assisted telephone interviews. Over 60% of respondents were interested in the possibility of accessing EHRs in general, and almost 50% of them were ready to pay for it. Nevertheless, when analyzing all the year-on-year trends, they were subject to a gradual decrease. The youngest age group was the one most interested in EHRs, while the group comprising respondents in middle age was the one mostwilling to pay for it. There is still great potential in implementing EHRs on a bigger scale.

Keywords: e-health; electronic health record (EHR); national survey; telemedicine; year-on-year trends.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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General interest in access to EHR and consent to payment for access to EHR in 2007, 2012 and 2018. * People who were not interested in accessing EHR or had no opinion, did not answer the question concerning consent to pay for access to EHR.
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Interest in access to EHR and consent to payment for access to EHR among respondents aged 15–35 years in 2007, 2012 and 2018. * People who were not interested in accessing EHR or had no opinion, did not answer the question concerning consent to pay for access to EHR.
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Figure 3
Interest in access to EHR and consent to payment for access to EHR among respondents aged 36–59 years in 2007, 2012 and 2018. * People who were not interested in accessing EHR or had no opinion, did not answer the question concerning consent to pay for access to EHR.
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Interest in access to EHR and consent to payment for access to EHR among respondents aged 60+ years in 2007, 2012 and 2018. * People who were not interested in accessing EHR or had no opinion, did not answer the question concerning consent to pay for access to EHR.
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Figure 5
Profile of persons interested or not interested in access to EHR in 2018 year based on correspondence analysis (legend in Supplementary Materials, Table S4).
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