@Article{info:doi/10.2196/jmir.4456,
author="Boeldt, Debra L
and Wineinger, Nathan E
and Waalen, Jill
and Gollamudi, Shreya
and Grossberg, Adam
and Steinhubl, Steven R
and McCollister-Slipp, Anna
and Rogers, Marc A
and Silvers, Carey
and Topol, Eric J",
title="How Consumers and Physicians View New Medical Technology: Comparative Survey",
journal="J Med Internet Res",
year="2015",
month="Sep",
day="14",
volume="17",
number="9",
pages="e215",
keywords="digital revolution; healthcare; medical technology; physician and consumer attitudes; electronic health record; mobile health",
abstract="Background: As a result of the digital revolution coming to medicine, a number of new tools are becoming available and are starting to be introduced in clinical practice. Objective: We aim to assess health care professional and consumer attitudes toward new medical technology including smartphones, genetic testing, privacy, and patient-accessible electronic health records. Methods: We performed a survey with 1406 health care providers and 1102 consumer responders. Results: Consumers who completed the survey were more likely to prefer new technologies for a medical diagnosis (437/1102, 39.66{\%}) compared with providers (194/1406, 13.80{\%}; P<.001), with more providers (393/1406, 27.95{\%}) than consumers (175/1102, 15.88{\%}) reporting feeling uneasy about using technology for a diagnosis. Both providers and consumers supported genetic testing for various purposes, with providers (1234/1406, 87.77{\%}) being significantly more likely than consumers (806/1102, 73.14{\%}) to support genetic testing when planning to have a baby (P<.001). Similarly, 91.68{\%} (1289/1406) of providers and 81.22{\%} (895/1102) of consumers supported diagnosing problems in a fetus (P<.001). Among providers, 90.33{\%} (1270/1406) were concerned that patients would experience anxiety after accessing health records, and 81.95{\%} (1149/1406) felt it would lead to requests for unnecessary medical evaluations, but only 34.30{\%} (378/1102; P<.001) and 24.59{\%} (271/1102; P<.001) of consumers expressed the same concerns, respectively. Physicians (137/827, 16.6{\%}) reported less concern about the use of technology for diagnosis compared to medical students (21/235, 8.9{\%}; P=.03) and also more frequently felt that patients owned their medical record (323/827, 39.1{\%}; and 30/235, 12.8{\%}, respectively; P<.001). Conclusions: Consumers and health professionals differ significantly and broadly in their views of emerging medical technology, with more enthusiasm and support expressed by consumers. ",
issn="1438-8871",
doi="10.2196/jmir.4456",
url="http://www.jmir.org/2015/9/e215/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4456",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26369254"
}