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Background: Information is essential in healthcare. Recording, handling and sharing healthcare information is important in order to ensure high quality of delivered healthcare. Information and communication technology (ICT) may be a valuable tool for handling these challenges. One way of enhancing the exchange of information could be to establish a link between patient-specific and general information sent to the general practitioner (GP). The aim of the present paper is to study GPs%26apos; use of a hyperlink inserted into electronic test result communication. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: We inserted a hyperlink into the electronic test result communication sent to the patients%26apos; GPs who participated in a regional, systematic breast cancer screening program. The hyperlink target was a web-site with information on the breast cancer screening program and breast cancer in general. Different strategies were used to increase the GPs%26apos; use of this hyperlink. The outcome measure was the GPs%26apos; self-reported use of the link. Data were collected by means of a one-page paper-based questionnaire. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: The response rate was 73% (n=242). In total, 108 (45%) of the GPs reported to have used the link. In all, 22% (n=53) of the GPs used the web-address from a paper letter and 37% (n=89) used the hyperlink in the electronic test result communication (Delta=15%[95% confidence int erval(CI) = 8-22% P %26lt; 0.001]). We found no statistically significant associations between use of the web-address/hyperlink and the GP%26apos;s gender, age, or attitude towards mammography screening. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: The results suggest that hyperlinks in electronic test result communication could be a feasible strategy for combining and sharing different types of healthcare information.
- 出版日期2012-10-4
