Is Canada ready for patient accessible electronic health records? A national scan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to personal health information through the electronic health record (EHR) is an innovative means to enable people to be active participants in their own health care. Currently this is not an available option for consumers of health. The absence of a key technology, the EHR, is a significant obstacle to providing patient accessible electronic records. To assess the readiness for the implementation and adoption of EHRs in Canada, a national scan was conducted to determine organizational readiness and willingness for patient accessible electronic records.

Methods

A survey was conducted of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Canadian public and acute care hospitals.

Results

Two hundred thirteen emails were sent to CEOs of Canadian general and acute care h

SUBMITTER: Urowitz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2532996 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature