Attitudes toward inter-hospital electronic patient record exchange: discrepancies among physicians, medical record staff, and patients

Table 3 Means of the attitude toward privacy protection by patient consent in the implementation of inter-hospital EPR exchange among users; multivariate GLM test (controlling for all other variables, total n = 379)

Variables ^d	Physician ^a		Medical record staff ^b		Patient ^c
	(n = 155)		(n = 28)		(n = 196)
	Mean	P	Mean	P	Mean	P
Personal Characteristics
Gender		0.113		0.027^*		0.232
Male	3.834		4.401		4.430
Female	4.133		3.686		4.555
Age		0.837		0.002^**		0.041^*
≦25			3.322		4.565
26-35	3.807		4.603		4.516
36-45 (≧36 for medical record staff)	4.141		4.205		4.512
46-55	4.031				4.382
56-64	3.514				4.309
≧65					4.173
Experience of computer use		0.252		0.011^*		0.186
Never or <1 year					4.209
1-3 years (≦3 years for physician)	3.724				4.442
4-6 years (≦6 years for medical record staff)	3.815		3.740		4.459
7-9 years	3.734		4.609		4.395
≧10 years	4.005		3.782		4.592
Work Characteristics
Job seniority		0.017^*		0.021^*
<1 year	3.414		4.401
1-5 years	3.581		4.613
6-10 years	4.085		3.424
11-15 years (≧11 years for medical record staff)	4.490		3.736
≧16 years	4.321
Human Aspects
Reason to use EMR		<0.001^***
Convenient to access medical information	4.089
Useful for work	4.053
Not prefer handwriting	3.943
EMR is mandatory	3.539
No use and no benefit	2.742
Other	3.393
Level of concerns		<0.001^***		0.002^**		<.001^***
Low	3.644		3.522		4.177
High	4.172		4.565		4.696
Technology Aspects
Usefulness of functions		0.012^*		0.547		0.270
Low	3.725		3.956		4.410
High	4.128		4.131		4.541
Major information source of this EPR						0.017^*
Friend or colleague					4.485
Internet					4.701
Government institution					3.801
Relative					4.977
Hospital					4.188
Other					4.627
Never heard of					4.582

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