Less likely to test for STI/HIV if health records were made part of provincial EHR | |||||
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Total | Disagree/neutral | Agree | |||
Survey question | Response | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p Value |
(a) I am currently satisfied that my name and identifying information are kept private when I test at this clinic | Disagree/neutral | 138 (13.9) | 97 (70.3) | 41 (29.7) | 0.65 |
Agree | 856 (86.1) | 571 (68.4) | 264 (31.6) | ||
(b) It would be acceptable for my record from my visit to this clinic to be viewable by my family physician | Disagree/neutral | 404 (40.6) | 213 (54.1) | 181 (45.9) | <0.001 |
Agree | 591 (59.4) | 455 (78.3) | 126 (21.7) | ||
(c) It would be acceptable for my EHR from my visit at the provincial STI clinic to be available for my pharmacist to review | Disagree/neutral | 694 (69.7) | 435 (63.9) | 246 (36.1) | <0.001 |
Agree | 301 (30.3) | 234 (79.1) | 62 (20.9) | ||
(d) It would be acceptable for my EHR from my visit at the provincial STI clinic to be available for my medical specialist(s) to review | Disagree/neutral | 444 (45.1) | 246 (56.0) | 193 (44.0) | <0.001 |
Agree | 541 (54.9) | 423 (79.1) | 112 (20.9) | ||
(e) It would be acceptable for my EHR from my visit at the provincial STI clinic to be available for nurses in other STI clinics to review | Disagree/neutral | 412 (41.8) | 235 (58.0) | 170 (42.0) | <0.001 |
Agree | 574 (58.2) | 431 (75.6) | 139 (24.4) | ||
(f) It would be acceptable for my EHR from my visit at the BCCDC STI clinic to be available for public health nurses who follow-up positive test results to review | Disagree/neutral | 357 (36.2) | 206 (58.5) | 146 (41.5) | <0.001 |
Agree | 629 (63.8) | 462 (73.9) | 163 (26.1) | ||
(g) I would be less likely to test for STI/HIV if my health records were made part of a provincial EHR | Disagree/neutral | 671 (68.4) | |||
Agree | 310 (31.6) | ||||
(h) When getting care at the BCCDC STI clinic, it is my expectation that no other clinicians in the province will be able to review my chart from my visit | Disagree/neutral | 463 (47.1) | 400 (86.8) | 61 (13.2) | <0.001 |
Agree | 520 (52.9) | 269 (52.4) | 244 (47.6) | ||
(i) One of the reasons I came for care at the BCCDC STI clinic is that I did not want records of my encounter shared beyond this clinic | Disagree/neutral | 518 (54.2) | 441 (86.0) | 72 (14.0) | <0.001 |
Agree | 437 (45.8) | 210 (48.5) | 223 (51.5) | ||
(j) If I could test for HIV completely anonymously at this clinic (meaning no name or phone number attached to my result), I would choose to test this way | Disagree/neutral | 533 (56.2) | 419 (79.5) | 108 (20.5) | <0.001 |
Agree | 416 (43.8) | 228 (55.1) | 186 (44.9) |
*Includes valid data only.
BCCDC, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control; EHR, electronic health record; STI, sexually transmitted infection.