Trust in Electronic Health Records

The successful integration of electronic health records in healthcare leads to improved care, increased health system effectiveness, higher health care efficiency, and much more.

For a successful implementation of electronic health records, having the trust of the population is key. But what exactly constitutes this type of trust? Our goal is to describe the trust of the general population in the use of electronic health records in a multi-national, European context. The knowledge gained through this research can be used in the future as a basis for health policy, health communication, and health system evaluations and recommendations.

Background:

Public trust in the handling, security, and protection of data is fundamental to the success of data-driven activities in health care. This is especially true in regard to the use of electronic health records. Unfortunately, there is little clarity on what exactly public trust in electronic health records means. As well, we lack a clear understanding of the dynamic between public trust and electronic health records across different countries and their respective healthcare systems. Due to national policy interests, cross-border health care, and international health data transfer, a precise conceptual understanding is imperative to the successful implementation of electronic health records across different countries, cultures, and contexts. To fill this knowledge gap, we explore what public trust in the use of electronic health records means in explicit, concrete terms in a multi-national, European environment.

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Project partners

Austria:

Prof. Dr. Elske Ammenwerth & Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Stefan Richter. Institut für Medizinische Informatik. UMIT TIROL – The Tyrolian Private University for healthcare and technology.

Germany:

Dr. Verena Struckmann, PostDoc, Management im Gesundheitswesen, Technische Universität Berlin

Italy:

Prof. Antonio Santangelo & Prof. Simona Stano, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze dell’Educazione, Università degli Studi di Torino, UNITO

France:

Dr Guillaume Lame, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay

The Netherlands:

Nina Stahl, Prof David Townend & Dr Birgit Wouters, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University