Canadian Digital Health Survey
2021 Data Table
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| Questions | Download Excel |
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| Q1: Are you...? | Download |
| Q2: Select the practice setting(s) in which you provide direct patient care. | Download |
| Q3: Gender...? | Download |
| Q4: Age...? | Download |
| Q5: Would you describe yourself as a...? | Download |
| Q6: In which Canadian jurisdiction do you primarily practice? | Download |
| Q7: In your practice, are you currently providing patient care through any of the following virtual means? | Download |
| Q8: Please estimate what proportion of your patient visits are currently delivered through the following means. | Download |
| Q9: For what type of patient population are you providing virtual care? | Download |
| Q10r1: Please rate your satisfaction with the following methods of providing virtual care: Telephone. | Download |
| Q10r2: Please rate your satisfaction with the following methods of providing virtual care: Secure email/secure messaging. | Download |
| Q10r3: Please rate your satisfaction with the following methods of providing virtual care: Videoconferencing/video visit. | Download |
| Q10r4: Please rate your satisfaction with the following methods of providing virtual care: Remote patient monitoring/home health monitoring. | Download |
| Q11_1r1: Thinking about your use of the telephone to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: Providing virtual care through the telephone is easy. | Download |
| Q11_1r2: Thinking about your use of the telephone to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: My patients find it easy to receive care through the telephone. | Download |
| Q11_1r3: Thinking about your use of the telephone to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: I would like to provide more of my care through the telephone. | Download |
| Q11_1r4: Thinking about your use of the telephone to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: My patients would like me to provide more of their care through the telephone. | Download |
| Q11_2r1: Thinking about your use of secure email/secure messaging to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: Providing virtual care through secure email/secure messaging is easy. | Download |
| Q11_2r2: Thinking about your use of secure email/secure messaging to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: My patients find it easy to receive care through secure email/secure messaging. | Download |
| Q11_2r3: Thinking about your use of secure email/secure messaging to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: I would like to provide more of my care through secure email/secure messaging. | Download |
| Q11_2r4: Thinking about your use of secure email/secure messaging to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: My patients would like me to provide more of their care through secure email/secure messaging. | Download |
| Q11_3r1: Thinking about your use of videoconferencing/video visit to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: Providing virtual care through videoconferencing/video visit is easy. | Download |
| Q11_3r2: Thinking about your use of videoconferencing/video visit to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: My patients find it easy to receive care through videoconferencing/video visit. | Download |
| Q11_3r3: Thinking about your use of videoconferencing/video visit to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: I would like to provide more of my care through videoconferencing/video visit. | Download |
| Q11_3r4: Thinking about your use of videoconferencing/video visit to provide virtual patient care, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: My patients would like me to provide more of their care through videoconferencing/video visit. | Download |
| Q12aa: You indicated that you do not currently use telephone to provide virtual care in your practice. Would you like to be able to provide care via the telephone? | Download |
| Q12ba: You indicated that you do not currently use secure email/secure messaging to provide virtual care in your practice. Would you like to be able to provide care via secure email/secure messaging? | Download |
| Q12ca: You indicated that you do not currently use videoconferencing/video visit to provide virtual care in your practice. Would you like to be able to provide care via videoconferencing/video visit? | Download |
| Q13: Please estimate what percentage of your virtual care visits could be handled equally well via secure email / secure messaging rather than by real time visits (e.g., videoconferencing, telephone)? | Download |
| Q14: What potential do you see for remote patient monitoring/ home health monitoring to help your patients to manage their health conditions? | Download |
| Q15r1: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care enables me to provide quality care for my patients. | Download |
| Q15r2: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care enables me to provide more efficient care. | Download |
| Q15r3: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care has improved the satisfaction with my work. | Download |
| Q15r4: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: It has been easy to integrate virtual care into my practice workflow. | Download |
| Q15r5: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care improves my patients’ access to my care. | Download |
| Q15r6: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care improves patient-provider interactions. | Download |
| Q15r7: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care has improved my ability to work with colleagues around a case. | Download |
| Q15r8: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care helps me achieve better work life balance. | Download |
| Q15r9: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: I have the knowledge and skills to use virtual care platforms to provide care. | Download |
| Q15r10: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: I am satisfied with the time I am able to spend during patient care encounters through virtual care. | Download |
| Q15r11: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Providing care virtually has increased my workload. | Download |
| Q15r12: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: I am satisfied with the privacy and security aspects of providing care virtually. | Download |
| Q15r13: Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding providing virtual care in your practice: Virtual care makes prescription renewal easy. | Download |
| Q16: What challenges have you experienced in using virtual care in your practice? | Download |
| Q17: Equitable access to virtual care has become a concern during COVID-19. Which of the following groups from your patient population may need additional supports to access virtual care? | Download |
| Q18: Looking forward, how would you like to be using virtual care in your practice after the pandemic? | Download |
| Q19: Do you use electronic medical records (EMR) to enter and retrieve clinical patient notes in the care of your patients? | Download |
| Q20: Please indicate which of the following electronic tools and functionalities you use in the care of your patients. | Download |
| Q21: Thinking about your current practice, what percent of the new prescriptions you generate daily are...? (Summary Mean) | Download |
| Q22: Please indicate which of the following aspects of clinical care communication between providers occurs electronically directly from/to your practice system? (not via fax). | Download |