TABLE 1.
Patient Answers to Survey Questions
| Survey Question | Agreement vs. All Others* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI)** | |||
| Patient experience | I was comfortable with the privacy and security | CD | 1.18 (0.41, 3.35) |
| Both | 0.68 (0.25, 1.83) | ||
| Other | 0.58 (0.28, 1.21) | ||
| Visit was not delayed or postponed | CD | 0.84 (0.31, 2.27) | |
| Both | 0.53 (0.19, 1.46) | ||
| Other | 0.50 (0.24, 1.04) | ||
| Patient perspective | I like having direct access to my exam images | CD | 0.72 (0.13, 4.02) |
| Both | 1.04 (0.11, 9.51) | ||
| Other | 0.35 (0.10, 1.17) | ||
| I like having direct access to my medical records | CD | 0.36 (0.04, 3.51) | |
| Both | 0.79 (0.03, 20.20) | ||
| Other | 0.13 (0.02, 0.79) | ||
| It was critically important that my doctor viewed my medical image quickly | CD | 0.93 (0.30, 2.88) | |
| Both | 6.42 (0.36, 113.94) | ||
| Other | 0.83 (0.34, 2.04) | ||
| In general, I am particularly concerned about maintaining the privacy of my health records | CD | 1.49 (0.79, 2.83) | |
| Both | 1.26 (0.62, 2.56) | ||
| Other | 1.36 (0.83, 2.24) | ||
Answers were grouped by modality of image sharing used by patients.
The Likert scale was dichotomized into two groups for the analysis: agree and strongly agree combined vs neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree combined.
Results of logistic regression using the Internet as the reference group.