Do you want to receive bad news through your patient accessible electronic health record? : A national survey on receiving bad news in an era of digital health

• Despite the fact that patient accessible electronic health records (PAEHRs) have been around for manyyears in several countries, there is a lack of research investigating patient´ preferences for receiving badnews, including through PAEHRs. Little is also known about the characteristics of the patients who preferto receive bad news through the PAEHR in terms of e.g. medical diagnosis, age and educational level.This study, based on a national patient survey in Sweden (N=2587), investigated this. Results showthat, generally, receiving bad news by reading in the PAEHR is still among the least preferred options.Additionally, a higher proportion of men want to receive bad news in the PAEHR compared to women(p=0.001), and the same goes for those who are not working/have worked in healthcare (p=0.007). Aneffect of disease groups was also found, showing that diabetes patients in particular, want to receivebad news through the PAEHR.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)

Keyword

abnormal test results

bad news

patient accessible electronic health record

patient

physician

Information Systems

Informationssystem (IS)

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ref (subject category)

kon (subject category)