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Table 3 Student view on the utility level of Google Health in certain aspects

From: Personal health records in the preclinical medical curriculum: modeling student responses in a simple educational environment utilizing Google Health

Aspects

Level of utility

 

Minimum (1)

Low (2)

Medium (3)

High (4)

Maximum (5)

Median

Mode

Up-To-Date Medical Record

8(2.4%)

16(4.7%)

53(15.7%)

119(35.2%)

142(42%)

4

5

Accessibility To Patients

5(1.5%)

20(5.9%)

75(22.2%)

119(35.2%)

119(35.2%)

4

4*

Observing Health Trends

7(2.1%)

25(7.4%)

81(24%)

127(37.6%)

97(28.7%)

4

4

Emergency Situations

17(5%)

41(12.1%)

76(22.5%)

87(25.7%)

117(34.6%)

4

5

Patient-Physician Communication

11(3.3%)

39(11.5%)

86(25.4%)

110(32.5%)

92(27.2%)

4

4

  1. Student answers to the question: “As a future health professional, of how much utility would it be for healthcare the fact that a patient has a frequently updated Google Health profile in the following aspects?”.
  2. * The mode is 4 or 5.