Investigating the Potential to Improve the Free Flow of Health Care Information
1. Investigating the Potential to Improve the Free Flow of Healthcare Information – a survey of New Zealand clinicians and health providers HINZ Conference 2009 Ross McKenna October 2009
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4. Research Approach and Methodology Depth interviews with opinion leaders (n=8) Explore key issues Ideas for question-lines Depth interviews with key segments (n=103) Issues, barriers and drivers Decision making and influences Develop Questionnaires Issues, barriers and drivers Clinicians and Decision makers Detailed sector surveys undertaken (n=2,454) Sent to 7,000 individuals in 5,000 orgs DHB /non-DHB Clinicians/ ICT Decision makers 32% Response, 90% by mail - “It’s about time someone asked us” Margin of error = 2.3% non-DHB Clinicians, 3.4% ICT Decision makers, 7.9% DHB clinicians