title: High uptake of shared electronic health records among HIV-infected patients at an Australian sexual health clinic.
abstract: The uptake of an opt-in system for integrating the health information of HIV-infected patients of an Australian sexual health clinic into the regional shared electronic health record (EHR) is described. A medical record audit was performed to determine the number and demographic characteristics of HIV-infected patients in the study's sexual health clinic opting in and out of inclusion in the regional shared EHR. The majority of these HIV-infected patients (70%, 95% CI: 58-79%) took up the option of including their HIV-related records into the regional shared electronic health record.
authors.affiliation: Pacific Clinic - Newcastle Sexual Health Service, Level 2, 670 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia.|Corresponding author. Email: bianca.parsons@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Farrugia Parsons
authors.affiliation: Pacific Clinic - Newcastle Sexual Health Service, Level 2, 670 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia.|The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia (University of New South Wales), Wallace Wurth Building, High Street, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.|School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ryder
keywords: confidentiality; health information; privacy