title: [Perceptions on electronic prescribing by primary care physicians in madrid healthcare service].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the opinion of Primary Care physicians regarding electronic prescribing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study by means of a questionnaire sent to 527 primary care physicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  June 2014. The questionnaire included closed questions about interest shown, satisfaction, benefits, weaknesses, and barriers, and one open question about difficulties, all of them referred to electronic prescribing. Satisfaction was measured using 1-10 scale, and benefits, weaknesses, and barriers were evaluated by a 5-ítems Likert scale. Interest was measured using both methods. The questionnaire was sent by e-mail for on line response through Google Drive® tool. A descriptive statistical analysis was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 47% (248/527). Interest shown was 8.7 (95% CI; 8.5-8.9) and satisfaction was 7.9 (95% CI; 7.8-8). The great majority 87.9% (95% CI; 83.8-92%) of respondents used electronic prescribing where possible. Most reported benefits were: 73.4% (95% CI; 67.8-78.9%) of respondents considered that electronic prescribing facilitated medication review, and 59.3% (95% CI; 53.1-65.4) of them felt that it reduced bureaucratic burden. Among the observed weaknesses, they highlighted the following: 87.9% (95% CI; 83.8-92%) of respondents believed specialist care physicians should also be able to use electronic prescribing. Concerning to barriers: 30.2% (95% CI; 24.5-36%) of respondents think that entering a patient into the electronic prescribing system takes too much time, and 4% (95% CI; 1.6-6.5%) of them perceived the application as difficult to use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physicians showed a notable interest in using electronic prescribing and high satisfaction with the application performance.
authors.affiliation: Farmacia de Atención Primaria, Dirección Asistencial Oeste, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, España. Electronic address: anaisabel.villimar@salud.madrid.org.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Villímar Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Farmacia de Atención Primaria, Dirección Asistencial Oeste, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Gangoso Fermoso
authors.affiliation: Farmacia de Atención Primaria, Dirección Asistencial Oeste, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calvo Pita
authors.affiliation: Unidad multidisciplinar de docencia, Dirección Asistencial Oeste, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ariza Cardiel
mesh_terms: D055695:Electronic Prescribing; D006801:Humans; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Actitud del personal de salud; Análisis cualitativo; Atención primaria de salud; Attitudes of health personnel; Calidad asistencial; Cuestionarios; Electronic prescribing; Prescripción electrónica; Primary Health care; Qualitative research; Quality of health care; Questionnaires