title: An Australian case study of patient attitudes towards the use of computerised medical records and unique identifiers.
abstract: Research into patient attitudes towards the use of technology in health care needs to be given much greater attention within health informatics. Past research has often focused more on the needs of health care providers rather than the end users. This article attempts to redress this knowledge bias by reporting on a case study of the responses gained from patients in a selected Australian medical practice towards the use of computerised medical records and unique identifiers. The responses (n=138) were gained from a survey of patients over a 13 day period of practice operation. This case study serves as an example of the type of future consumer health informatics research which can be undertaken not just in Australia but also in other countries, both at local regional levels and at a national level.
authors.affiliation: School of Information Technology and Computer Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia. david_bomba@uow.edu.au
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authors.lastname: Bomba
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authors.lastname: de Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D001315:Australia; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D003625:Data Collection; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008875:Middle Aged; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D028701:Patient Rights; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires