Table 4. Primary care physicians’ use of medication plans, shared electronic medication plans^a and Swiss Electronic Patient Records^b (n=46).

Survey items	Value
Frequency of preparing a medication plan for your patients with polypharmacyc, n (%)
Never	0 (0)
Rarely	2 (4.3)
Sometimes	5 (10.9)
Often	11 (23.9)
Very often	27 (58.7)
Capability of preparing shared electronic medication plans (eMediplan) in your practicec, n (%)
Yes	21 (45.7)
No	24 (52.3)
Reasons for not preparing shared electronic medication plans (eMediplan) in your practice (For those reporting not to prepare any; n=24)d, n (%)
I cannot prepare shared electronic medication plans for technical reasons	7 (29.2)
I do not prepare shared electronic medication plans yet but would like to do so in the future	4 (16.7)
I do not want to prepare shared electronic medication plans	3 (12.5)
Other reasons	10 (41.7)
Practice connected to Swiss Electronic Patient Records (n=46)c, n (%)
Yes	9 (19.6)
No	36 (78.3)

^aShared electronic medication plans are digital tools designed to manage and share medication plans electronically between health care providers and patients (eg, eMediplan in the Swiss context).

^bSwiss Electronic Patient Records are a digital system that securely stores a patients’ health information, enabling authorized health care providers to access and update medical data including medication information across practice information systems.

^c<3.0% missing data.

^dNo missing data.