Use of the internet by medical doctors in Switzerland
| Autor: | Michael Peltenburg, Johann Steurer, Michael T. Koller, Rolf Grütter, Joachim E. Fischer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Internet Physician-Patient Relations Time Factors Information Management business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject Physicians Family General Medicine Primary care Middle Aged Cross-Sectional Studies Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Daily practice Humans Medicine Female Quality (business) The Internet business Switzerland media_common |
| Zdroj: | Swiss Medical Weekly. |
| ISSN: | 1424-3997 |
| Popis: | To investigate the utilisation of the Internet by primary care physicians for medical purposes during their daily practice, and to clarify the reasons for use or non-use of this technology.Cross-sectional postal survey in German-speaking Switzerland employing a purpose-designed pre-validated 69-item questionnaire. A random sample of 2009 primary care physicians participated in the investigation.Number of primary care physicians with access to the Internet; reasons for using the Internet during consultations; sources of information in solving medical problems arising from concurrent patient care.55% of the physicians returned the completed questionnaire. 75% of respondents reported access to the Internet. Only 7% use the Internet during patient consultations. The main reasons for not using the Internet were time pressure and concerns about potential negative interaction with physician-patient communication. To solve patient-specific problems arising during daily practice, 59% of the practitioners consult text-books or colleagues. Only 14% of respondents report regularly finding useful information on the Internet. Internet users assess information quality by checking on authorship, institution, publishing company, or whether the information is sponsored by a third party with a potential conflict of interest.Access to the Internet is widespread amongst German-speaking Swiss primary care physicians. Only a small minority use the Internet for information retrieval during consultation hours. Electronic information systems need to be tailored to the needs of primary care physicians. |
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