摘要

background. to assess the utilization of an electronic medical record (emr), the degree of satisfaction with this tool, as well as to detect problems in its utilization, in a tertiary hospital in spain. methods. a survey was sent by mail to all physicians in the virgen del camino hospital in pamplona, spain. results. out of 445 staff physicians, 174 answered the survey (39%). seventy-nine percent considered that the emr is better than the traditional, paper-based medical record. sixty-one percent used the emr for consultation and to introduce clinical data in a regular way. fifty-five percent agreed that the emr has advantages for the patient. the main problems detected are a loss in confidentiality, lack of time, insufficient number of computers, and inadequate training. ninety percent answered that emr implementation should be continued and only 6% are dissatisfied with the computer application. conclusions. there is a high degree of utilization of the emr in the virgen del camino hospital. measures should be implemented to resolve the problems detected in this survey.

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