Open Access“What’s the best way to document information concerning psychiatric patients? I just don’t know”—A qualitative study about recording psychiatric patients notes in the era of electronic health records
Author(s) -
Olga Chivilgina,
Bernice Simone Elger,
Mehdi Mohamed Benichou,
Fabrice Jotterand
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0264255
Subject(s) - confidentiality , thematic analysis , context (archaeology) , qualitative research , usability , health records , medicine , mental health , medline , psychiatry , psychology , health care , computer science , sociology , paleontology , social science , computer security , human–computer interaction , economics , biology , economic growth , political science , law
This paper reports the results of a qualitative study regarding the main attitudes and concerns of Swiss psychiatrists related to the utility, usability and acceptability of EHR and how they address the pitfalls of sharing sensitive information with other parties. A total of 20 semi-structured interviews were carried out. Applied thematic analysis was used to identify themes with regard to participation. Three main themes were identified: 1) strengths of the use of EHR in the clinical context; 2) limitations of EHR; and 3) recommendations on preserving confidentiality in health records. The study shows variable practices of EHR use in psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland and a lack of standards on how to document sensitive information in EHR.