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PLOS ONE
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264255
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This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study that explored the attitudes and concerns of Swiss psychiatrists towards the utility, usability, and acceptability of electronic health records (EHRs), as well as how they address the challenges of sharing sensitive information. The study identified three main themes: the advantages of using EHRs in clinical settings, the limitations of EHRs, and recommendations on safeguarding confidentiality in health records. The results demonstrate varied practices of EHR use in Swiss psychiatric hospitals and a lack of standardized documentation for sensitive information.
This paper reports the results of a qualitative study regarding the main attitudes and concerns of Swiss psychiatrists related to the utility, usability and acceptability of EHR and how they address the pitfalls of sharing sensitive information with other parties. A total of 20 semi-structured interviews were carried out. Applied thematic analysis was used to identify themes with regard to participation. Three main themes were identified: 1) strengths of the use of EHR in the clinical context; 2) limitations of EHR; and 3) recommendations on preserving confidentiality in health records. The study shows variable practices of EHR use in psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland and a lack of standards on how to document sensitive information in EHR.
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