Survey: Most say EHR benefits outweigh risks
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, May 7, 2007
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Forty-seven percent of respondents to Kaiser Permanente's recent telephone survey of 1,000 Americans say that paper records are more secure than electronic health records (EHR). In addition, 57% say that they have never heard or read about EHRs.
Despite this unfamiliarity, however, 73% agree that the benefits of EHRs in emergencies and in improving quality of care outweigh privacy and security worries. The survey also found that:
- 51% would choose a physician who used EHRs over one who didn't, if they had the same qualifications
- 72% say that EHRs are more efficient
- 31% say that better emergency care is the greatest benefit of EHR use
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