title: Attitude Towards Health Information Privacy and Electronic Health Records Among Urban Sri Lankan Adults.
abstract: Sri Lanka is planning to move towards an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. This research argues that the public preparedness should be considered in order to implement a functioning and an effective EHR system in a country. When asked about how concerned the participants were about the security of their health records, 40.5% stated they were concerned and 38.8% were very concerned. They were asked to rate the 'level of trust' they have on health institutes in Sri Lanka on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 lowest level of trust and 10 highest), 66.1% rated at level 5 or less.
authors.affiliation: International Institute of Health Sciences Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: Shaluni R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Tissera
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016494:Computer Security / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003219:Confidentiality; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011639:Public Opinion; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology