Table 3 Participants’ experience with accessing medical records
From: Medical students’ experience with accessing medical records in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study
Experience with medical records | Paper medical record (n = 79) | EHR (n = 154) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disagree n (%) | n Neutral n (%) | Agree n (%) | Median | IQR | Disagree n (%) | Neutral n (%) | Agree n (%) | Median | IQR | |
It was easy to reach medical records | 12 (15.2) | 14 (17.7) | 53 (67.1) | 3 | 1 | 23 (14.9) | 23 (14.9) | 108 (70.1) | 3 | 1 |
It was easy to find essential information (e.g. past medical history and medications) | 25 (31.6) | 22 (27.8) | 32 (40.5) | 3 | 2 | 25 (16.2) | 27 (17.5) | 102 (66.2) | 3 | 1 |
The items of medical records encouraged me to ask more history/physical examination questions | 9 (11.4) | 30 (38.0) | 40 (50.6) | 3 | 1 | 19 (12.3) | 37 (24.0) | 98 (63.6) | 3 | 1 |
Using medical records (read /data entry) affected positively on the eye contact time with patients | 15 (19.0) | 37 (46.8) | 27 (34.2) | 3 | 1 | 57 (37.0) | 44 (28.6) | 53 (34.4) | 2 | 2 |
Using medical records (read/data entry) affected positively on the time that should be spent with patients | 25 (31.6) | 31 (39.2) | 23 (29.1) | 3 | 2 | 54 (35.1) | 38 (24.7) | 62 (40.3) | 2 | 2 |
Overall, I was satisfied with the doctor–patient communication while using medical records | 8 (10.1) | 30 (38.0) | 41 (51.9) | 3 | 1 | 15 (9.7) | 40 (26.0) | 99 (64.3) | 3 | 2 |