Table 2 Characteristics of physicians, MRS, and patients
Variables | Total | Physician | Medical record staff | Patient | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 379) | (n = 155) | (n = 28) | (n = 196) | |||||
n | % | N | % | n | % | n | % | |
Personal Characteristics | ||||||||
Gender a | ||||||||
Male | 214 | 56.46 | 116 | 74.84 | 4 | 14.29 | 94 | 47.96 |
Female | 165 | 43.54 | 39 | 25.16 | 24 | 85.71 | 102 | 52.04 |
Age a | ||||||||
≦25 | 55 | 14.51 | -- | -- | 7 | 25.00 | 48 | 24.49 |
26-35 | 184 | 48.55 | 93 | 60.00 | 13 | 46.43 | 77 | 38.29 |
36-45 | 82 | 21.64 | 40 | 25.81 | 5 | 17.86 | 38 | 19.39 |
46-55 | 38 | 10.03 | 18 | 11.61 | 2 | 7.14 | 18 | 9.18 |
56-64 | 14 | 3.69 | 4 c | 2.58 | 1 | 3.57 | 9 | 4.59 |
≧65 | 6 | 1.58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 3.06 |
Education a | ||||||||
Junior high school or lower | 9 | 2.37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | 4.59 |
Senior high school | 25 | 6.60 | -- | -- | 9 | 32.14 | 16 | 8.16 |
College | 282 | 74.41 | 125 | 80.65 | 19 | 67.86 | 138 | 70.41 |
Master degree | 53 | 13.98 | 20 | 12.90 | -- | -- | 33 | 16.84 |
Doctoral degree | 10 | 2.64 | 10 | 6.45 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Experience of computer use b | ||||||||
Never or <1 year | 13 | 3.43 | 3 | 1.94 | 1 | 3.57 | 9 | 4.59 |
1-3 years | 18 | 4.75 | 7 | 4.52 | 1 | 3.57 | 10 | 5.10 |
4-6 years | 56 | 14.78 | 16 | 10.32 | 7 | 25.00 | 33 | 16.84 |
7-10 years | 90 | 23.75 | 33 | 21.29 | 8 | 28.57 | 49 | 25.00 |
≧10 years | 202 | 53.30 | 96 | 61.94 | 11 | 39.29 | 95 | 48.47 |
Occupation | ||||||||
Industry or commerce | 26 | 13.27 | ||||||
Government or education | 30 | 15.31 | ||||||
Healthcare | 36 | 18.37 | ||||||
Service | 38 | 19.39 | ||||||
Student | 32 | 16.33 | ||||||
Other | 34 | 17.35 | ||||||
Number of outpatient visit in the past three months | ||||||||
0 | 48 | 24.49 | ||||||
1 | 53 | 27.04 | ||||||
2-5 | 83 | 42.35 | ||||||
≧6 | 12 | 6.12 | ||||||
Work Characteristics | ||||||||
Job seniority | ||||||||
<1 year | 19 | 12.26 | 5 | 17.86 | ||||
1-5 years | 61 | 39.35 | 7 | 25.00 | ||||
6-10 years | 23 | 14.84 | 6 | 21.43 | ||||
11-15 years | 24 | 15.48 | 6 | 21.43 | ||||
≧16 years | 28 | 18.06 | 4 c | 14.29 | ||||
Level of hospital | ||||||||
Medical center | 105 | 67.74 | ||||||
Regional hospital | 50 | 32.26 | ||||||
Human Aspects | ||||||||
Reason to use EMR | ||||||||
Convenient to access medical information | 91 | 58.71 | ||||||
Useful for work | 11 | 7.10 | ||||||
Not prefer handwriting | 13 | 8.39 | ||||||
EMR is mandatory | 30 | 19.35 | ||||||
No use and no benefit | 5 | 3.23 | ||||||
Other | 5 | 3.23 | ||||||
Technology Aspects | ||||||||
Major information source of this EPR | ||||||||
Friend or colleague | 36 | 18.37 | ||||||
Internet | 12 | 6.12 | ||||||
Government institution | 8 | 4.08 | ||||||
Relative | 5 | 2.55 | ||||||
Hospital | 29 | 14.80 | ||||||
Other | 14 | 7.14 | ||||||
Never heard of | 92 | 46.94 | ||||||