BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To exchange patient health information using Health Information Exchange (HIE) projects, such information first should be collected thoroughly using an appropriate data entry interface that reinforces information quality (IQ). Assessment of the given data interface based on its structure level may give us a better understanding of patients' attitudes toward information-sharing efforts. The main objective of this study is to examine the effects of data structure on perceptions and attitudes of patients toward the quality of health information that may be shared through HIE networks. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eight experiments were conducted to examine the impact of different design of information collection interfaces (structured vs. unstructured) to record two types of health information (sensitive vs. non-sensitive) that can be used for two types of sharing purposes (health care vs. marketing). RESULTS Results show that the degree of data entry structure can significantly influence patients' perceptions of completeness, accuracy, psychological risk, accessibility of data, concise representation, and understandability of health information. DISCUSSION There is a connection between data entry interface design and patients' perceptions of the quality of health information used in HIE networks, which in turn, could lead to the development of best practices in interface design and data collection techniques. This may also improve interactions between patients and healthcare entities, enhance patients' attitudes toward data collection procedures and HIE, and help healthcare providers use complete and accurate databases. CONCLUSIONS We propose that healthcare professionals can tailor data entry interfaces based on the sensitivity of medical data and the purpose of information exchange.

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数据输入结构对患者在Health Information Exchange（HIE）中对信息质量的感知的影响。

背景和目的为了使用健康信息交换（HIE）项目交换患者健康信息，首先应使用适当的数据输入界面来全面收集此类信息，以增强信息质量（IQ）。基于其结构级别对给定数据接口的评估可以使我们更好地了解患者对信息共享工作的态度。这项研究的主要目的是检查数据结构对患者对可能通过HIE网络共享的健康信息质量的看法和态度的影响。材料与方法进行了八项实验，以检验信息收集界面的不同设计（结构化与非结构化）对记录两种类型的健康信息（敏感与健康）的影响。非敏感）可用于两种类型的共享目的（医疗保健与营销）。结果结果表明，数据输入结构的程度会显着影响患者对完整性，准确性，心理风险，数据可访问性，简明表示形式和健康信息理解性的看法。讨论数据输入接口设计与患者对HIE网络中使用的健康信息质量的看法之间存在联系，这反过来可能导致接口设计和数据收集技术的最佳实践的发展。这还可以改善患者与医疗保健实体之间的互动，增强患者对数据收集程序和HIE的态度，并帮助医疗保健提供者使用完整而准确的数据库。