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Your thoughts on electronic health records...


 Canada Health Infoway is interested to hear what you think about electronic health records and the vision for Canada’s healthcare system. This survey is completely confidential and will only take a few minutes to complete.
1. Have you read "2015: Advancing Canada's next generation of healthcare"?



2. Overall, do you support or oppose the development of electronic health records?



3. How strongly would you support or oppose the development of electronic health records, if you knew that…:
Strongly support Somewhat support Somewhat oppose Strongly oppose
Fewer than 5% of Canadians have an electronic health record at this time
Up to 24,000 Canadians die each year in hospitals from preventable errors, many due to the lack of accurate patient information
It will cost the govt $350 per person, spread over 10 years, to implement electronic health records for all Canadians
It is estimated that implementing electronic health records can save approximately $6-7 billion each year in healthcare costs
Up to 70 million of the medical tests we take annually are wasteful duplicates
68% of specialists seeing a new patient receive no previous medical information about that new patient


4. Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements.

Please use a scale from 1 to 7 to indicate your opinion, where 1 means "disagree strongly," 4 means "neither agree nor disagree" and 7 means "agree strongly." (Select one across per item.)

Disagree strongly
1

2

3
Neutral
4

5

6		 Agree strongly
7
I really worry that Canadians' personal health information might be used for other purposes in the future which have little to do with my health
I feel comfortable knowing that authorized healthcare providers will be able to share vital health information in a secure environment
Electronic health information sharing amongst healthcare providers will improve the quality of healthcare I receive in Canada
I have little confidence that governments will be able to implement electronic health records in an effective and economical fashion.
Electronic health records are the foundation to improving Canada's healthcare system.
I believe that electronic health records should be made an explicit policy priority by all governments.

5. Other comments?

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