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1Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal; Centro de Saúde de Aveiro, 3810-000 Aveiro, Portugal. filipeprazeresmd@gmail.com.
Background:
This study compares general practitioners (GPs) and general practice trainees (GPTs) on the adaptation to the electronic health records (EHRs) and how they perceive its impact on medical consultations.
Methods:
Cross-sectional, descriptive study. The link for an online questionnaire was sent to mainland Portuguese health care centre groups.
Results:
A total of 147 physicians (100 females and 47 males). GPs had more learning difficulties in using the EHR (P < 0.05), greater difficulty in keeping regular updated records (P < 0.001) and a more noticeable fear of the possibility of occurring prescription errors (P < 0.05), when compared with GPTs. Most GPs (75%) and GPTs (80.4%) are satisfied with how they use the EHR.
Conclusions:
Most participants have adhered to the EHR, and are satisfied with its use. A negative impact on medical consultations was not observed. However, it is the group of GPs that is less adapted to the electronic system.
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