| 1. What is your specialty? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Internal Medicine |  | 22.8% | 106 |
| Pediatrics | | 35.7% | 166 |
| Obstetrics/ Gynecology | | 16.3% | 76 |
| Family Medicine | | 16.6% | 77 |
| Other | | 11.8% | 55 |
 Other (please specify) | 75 | ||
| answered question | 465 | ||
| skipped question | 12 | ||
| 2. Have you heard about Microsoft's HealthVault on-line EMR? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 23.9% | 112 |
| no | | 76.1% | 357 |
| Other (please specify) | 5 | ||
| answered question | 469 | ||
| skipped question | 8 | ||
| 3. Have any patients asked you for your opinion regarding whether they should subscribe to HealthVault? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 2.6% | 12 |
| no | | 97.4% | 452 |
| Other (please specify) | 2 | ||
| answered question | 464 | ||
| skipped question | 13 | ||
| 4. If asked by a patient, would you recommend that your patient subscribe to HealthVault and place their health information there? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 16.9% | 79 |
| no | | 6.0% | 28 |
| Don't know enough about HealthVault | | 77.1% | 361 |
| Other (please specify) | 9 | ||
| answered question | 468 | ||
| skipped question | 9 | ||
| 5. Based on your experience, Microsoft's reputation, and your evaluation of the HealthVault.com web site, are you comfortable with the security and privacy of personal health records on HealthVault? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 61.0% | 225 |
| no | | 39.0% | 144 |
| Other (please specify) | 103 | ||
| answered question | 369 | ||
| skipped question | 108 | ||
| 6. HealthVault gives patients the ability to fax a physician's paper medical records to a secure HealthVault web-based computer server for permanent storage and accessibility by the patient. Is that beneficial for patients' health care? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 86.6% | 375 |
| no | | 13.4% | 58 |
| Other (please specify) | 51 | ||
| answered question | 433 | ||
| skipped question | 44 | ||
| 7. Once a patient's medical records are on line, the patient can grant access to those records to other healthcare providers, or anyone else, using a secure password. Is that beneficial for patients' health care? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 92.1% | 407 |
| no | | 7.9% | 35 |
| Other (please specify) | 40 | ||
| answered question | 442 | ||
| skipped question | 35 | ||
| 8. HealthVault currently is patient-centric and does NOT have a way for physicians to easily and directly enter health information about their patients who have subscribed to HealthVault. Is that beneficial for patients' health care? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 28.4% | 122 |
| no | | 71.6% | 307 |
| Other (please specify) | 57 | ||
| answered question | 429 | ||
| skipped question | 48 | ||
| 9. If your practice had an EMR system that was compatible and could be easily interfaced with HealthVault, would you upload a patient's medical records to a HealthVault server, assuming the patient gave you permission to do so, and it didn't cost you anything to do so? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 82.9% | 335 |
| no | | 17.1% | 69 |
| Other (please specify) | 89 | ||
| answered question | 404 | ||
| skipped question | 73 | ||
| 10. With HealthVault you will have access to your patient's records from other healthcare providers if the patient grants you access to that information. Is that beneficial for patients' health care? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 96.0% | 435 |
| no | | 4.0% | 18 |
| Other (please specify) | 28 | ||
| answered question | 453 | ||
| skipped question | 24 | ||
| 11. HealthVault is currently partnering with many other healthcare companies and organizations and has interactivity with their web sites. That will allow the public to store information such as, blood pressure, blood glucose, hospital discharge documents, in-case-of-emergency medical records, exercise endurance training information, diet and nutritional information, medication prescription information, and lab test results on HealthVault. Is that beneficial for patients' health care? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 93.9% | 428 |
| no | | 6.1% | 28 |
| Other (please specify) | 26 | ||
| answered question | 456 | ||
| skipped question | 21 | ||
| 12. Assuming that a patient gave you access to all the items listed in the question above, would it also be essential to have access to their previous physician and hospital medical records in order for you to evaluate a patient thoroughly? Please pick the best answer. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| I don't need old medical records | | 0.9% | 4 |
| I need old records in some situations and not others | | 46.9% | 220 |
| Having access to other healthcare provider medical records is very important in all situations, especially in patients with complex medical issues. | | 52.2% | 245 |
| Other (please specify) | 16 | ||
| answered question | 469 | ||
| skipped question | 8 | ||
| 13. Is an EMR system complete if it does not contain all of a patient's medical records including other physician and hospital records? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 18.5% | 81 |
| no | | 81.5% | 357 |
| Other (please specify) | 51 | ||
| answered question | 438 | ||
| skipped question | 39 | ||
| 14. If you currently have your own EMR system, but Microsoft broadened HealthVault into a FREE, full scope, physician on line EMR, would you abandon your EMR and use HealthVault instead? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 30.7% | 97 |
| no | | 69.3% | 219 |
| Other (please specify) | 164 | ||
| answered question | 316 | ||
| skipped question | 161 | ||
| 15. If you currently do NOT have an EMR system, would you use a FREE, full scope physician on line EMR provided by Microsoft, and upload your medical records to a secure web server, assuming patients gave you permission to do that? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 66.6% | 211 |
| no | | 33.4% | 106 |
| Other (please specify) | 132 | ||
| answered question | 317 | ||
| skipped question | 160 | ||
| 16. f you would NOT use a free online EMR system such as a broadened Microsoft's HealthVault, what are your reasons? Click on all that apply. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Concerned about computer security and privacy issues | | 68.4% | 219 |
| Concerned that patients will be able to access your medical records and may not interpret them correctly | | 60.0% | 192 |
| Concerned that patients' attorneys will have access to medical records and increase your exposure to malpractice suits | | 40.0% | 128 |
| I prefer to have my own EMR that is not accessible by patients or other doctors | | 37.2% | 119 |
| Have no need for EMR at this time | | 10.3% | 33 |
| Other (please specify) | 87 | ||
| answered question | 320 | ||
| skipped question | 157 | ||
| 17. If patients asked you to become a subscriber to HealthVault and FAX their paper medical records to a secure web site such as HealthVault, would you do so if it was free, and you had future access to the records, and it would reduce your paper medical charts? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 72.1% | 279 |
| no | | 27.9% | 108 |
| Other (please specify) | 112 | ||
| answered question | 387 | ||
| skipped question | 90 | ||
| 18. Virtually every healthcare authority agrees that EMR systems will improve healthcare and reduce costs. It's therefore beneficial to rapidly convert paper medical records into EMR as soon as possible. If Microsoft offered you money to place patient's medical records in their online EMR system, and if the patient was aware that you are receiving compensation for that, would you accept remuneration for placing a patient's medical records on HealthVault or the equivalent? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 68.1% | 275 |
| no | | 31.9% | 129 |
| Other (please specify) | 99 | ||
| answered question | 404 | ||
| skipped question | 73 | ||
| 19. If you were to use an online EMR such as HealthVault, would you be comfortable having Microsoft also be your financial practice management system vendor and send your claims to insurance companies? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 40.3% | 158 |
| no | | 59.7% | 234 |
| Other (please specify) | 103 | ||
| answered question | 392 | ||
| skipped question | 85 | ||
| 20. If many vendors or organizations were to offer free full scope EMR online, and the EMR systems were very similar in function, security and ease of use, which vendor's system would you choose? Please select your favorite. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Microsoft | | 23.4% | 108 |
| IBM | | 2.4% | 11 |
| 9.1% | 42 | |
| WebMD | | 11.1% | 51 |
| Yahoo | | 0.7% | 3 |
| GE Healthcare | | 6.1% | 28 |
| IMS Health | | 0.9% | 4 |
| Major pharmaceutical company | | 0.2% | 1 |
| Major health insurance company | | 1.7% | 8 |
| USA government | | 13.7% | 63 |
| State government | | 5.4% | 25 |
| Other (please specify) | | 25.4% | 117 |
| answered question | 461 | ||
| skipped question | 16 | ||
| 21. Do you like to participate in online healthcare related surveys? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 86.9% | 373 |
| no | | 13.1% | 56 |
| Other (please specify) | 36 | ||
| answered question | 429 | ||
| skipped question | 48 | ||
| 22. Do you want to participate in other WhatDoctorsThink surveys in the future? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| yes | | 89.2% | 381 |
| no | | 10.8% | 46 |
| Other (please specify) | 48 | ||
| answered question | 427 | ||
| skipped question | 50 | ||