The Consumer Health Forum (CHF) Finds The #myHealthRecord Way Below What Might Be Hoped For.

A kind commenter pointed this out.
What Australia ’s Health Panel said about My Health Record- July 2019For the July 2019 Australia’s Health Panel survey, we asked the Panel what their experiences and perceptions were of My Health Record as we reflected on the first 6 months of operation following the opt-out period.
143 panellists participat ed to share their experiences with My Health Record. Women made up the majority of participating panellists (64%, n=85), while participants also skewed older than the general population (see Table 1).

Table 1- Age breakdown of participants in AHP July 2019 surveyOnly 38% of participants (n=52) r eported using My Health Record while even fewer (23%, n=30) reported that a health professional has used My Health Record while treating them. This suggests that while the ‘opt out’ rate for My Health Record was low and gave a seemingly high ‘participation rate’ of 90.1%; actual engageme nt with and use of the My Health Record platform was...
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - December 22, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs