| Summary: | Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open Electronic access to health information and services can improve health related quality of life of people. Research has shown that individuals using interactive health communication with professionals consider themselves to have more influence and better understanding of their own health. Such use reinforces their security and accountability and mutual trust owing to services. The Icelandic policy on information society puts its emphasis on electronic health and social services, including citizens in rural areas, disabled people and older citizens. The research aim was to study Icelanders’ perceptions, attitudes and preferences regarding personal access to own health information and services of the State Social Security Institute of Iceland (SSSI) on the Internet. A descriptive study was made with a random sample of 1400 individuals, disability pensioners and other Icelandic citizens 16 to 67 years of age. Response rate was 34.9% and descriptive statistics were used and 95% as confidence level of significance. Over 90% of participants thought they should have access to own health information and parents to their children’s information. Less than 50% understood their right to access own health information and 10% had experiences of seeing it. Questions about access, its use and utility showed significant differences between those understanding and not understanding their rights to access own health information. Most of the participants preferred to see own information (81%), see their right to compensation (80%) and discount status at SSSI (81%), be able to control access to their information (85%) and would like to see their own health record (79%). Majority of participants said they should have access to their information at SSSI (82%), preferred using access keys (70%), liked the idea of the electronic health record (73%) and thought it had more pros than cons (68%). The research is the first of its kind in ...
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