Document Type
Article
Publication Date
September 2002
Abstract
BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to examine the acceptability of point of care computerized prompts to improve health services delivery among a sample of primary care patients.
METHODS:Primary data collection. Cross-sectional survey. Patients were surveyed after their visit with a primary care provider. Data were obtained from patients of ten community-based primary care practices in the spring of 2001.
RESULTS:Almost all patients reported that they would support using a computer before each visit to prompt their doctor to: "do health screening tests" (92%), "counsel about health behaviors (like diet and exercise)" (92%) and "change treatments for health conditions" (86%). In multivariate testing, the only variable that was associated with acceptability of the point of care computerized prompts was patient's confidence in their ability to answer questions about their health using a computer (beta = 0.39, p = .001). Concerns about data security were expressed by 36.3% of subjects, but were not related to acceptability of the prompts.
CONCLUSIONS:Support for using computers to generate point of care prompts to improve quality-oriented processes of care was high in our sample, but may be contingent on patients feeling familiar with their personal medical history
Recommended Citation
Sciamanna, Chris N.; Diaz, Joseph A.; and Myne, Puja, "Patient attitudes toward using computers to improve health services delivery" (2002). College of Population Health Faculty Papers. Paper 22.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/healthpolicyfaculty/22
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It was originally published in BMC Health Services Research 2002 September 11; 2(1):19, http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=12225617