Table 3.

Preconditions of patient access to the EMR (n = 17)

Questionnaire item	Definitely/probably %a (n)	Neutral %a (n)	Definitely not/probably not %a (n)
There should be a separate section in the EMR which is not visible for patients	82 (14)	6 (1)	12 (2)
There should be a lag time on the release of lab results until after the consult	65 (11)	18 (3)	18 (3)
A patient-accessible EMR should be a copy of the existing EMR, and not an extra record	94 (16)	6 (1)	0

^aPercentages do not always add up to 100 % because of rounding