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The epidemiology of email addresses:. aA case-control study of patients emails in a French University hospital (Preprint)
Journal of Medical Internet Research ( IF 7.4 ) Pub Date : 2019-03-12 , DOI: 10.2196/13992
Vincent Looten , Antoine Neuraz , Nicolas Garcelon , Anita Burgun , Gilles Chatellier , Bastien Rance

BACKGROUND Health care professionals are caught between the wish of patients to speed up health-related communication via emails and the need for protecting health information. OBJECTIVE We aimed to analyze the demographic characteristics of patients providing an email, and study the distribution of emails' domain names. METHODS We used the information system of the European Hospital Georges Pompidou (HEGP) to identify patients who provided an email address. We used a 1:1 matching strategy to study the demographic characteristics of the patients associated with the presence of an email, and described the characteristics of the emails used (in terms of types of emails-free, business, and personal). RESULTS Overall, 4.22% (41,004/971,822) of the total population of patients provided an email address. The year of last contact with the patient is the strongest driver of the presence of an email address (odds ratio [OR] 20.8, 95% CI 18.9-22.9). Patients more likely to provide an email address were treated for chronic conditions and were more likely born between 1950 and 1969 (taking patients born before 1950 as reference [OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.54-1.67], and compared to those born after 1990 [OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.53-0.59]). Of the 41,004 email addresses collected, 37,779 were associated with known email providers, 31,005 email addresses were associated with Google, Microsoft, Orange, and Yahoo!, 2878 with business emails addresses, and 347 email addresses with personalized domain names. CONCLUSIONS Emails have been collected only recently in our institution. The importance of the year of last contact probably reflects this recent change in contact information collection policy. The demographic characteristics and especially the age distribution are likely the result of a population bias in the hospital: patients providing email are more likely to be treated for chronic diseases. A risk analysis of the use of email revealed several situations that could constitute a breach of privacy that is both likely and with major consequences. Patients treated for chronic diseases are more likely to provide an email address, and are also more at risk in case of privacy breach. Several common situations could expose their private information. We recommend a very restrictive use of the emails for health communication.

中文翻译:

电子邮件地址的流行病学:a在法国大学医院对患者电子邮件进行病例对照研究(预印本)

背景技术医疗保健专业人员陷入患者希望通过电子邮件加速与健康有关的通信与保护健康信息的需求之间。目的我们旨在分析提供电子邮件的患者的人口统计学特征,并研究电子邮件域名的分布。方法我们使用了欧洲蓬皮杜医院(HEGP)的信息系统来识别提供电子邮件地址的患者。我们使用1:1匹配策略来研究与电子邮件的存在相关的患者的人口统计学特征,并描述了所用电子邮件的特征(按照无电子邮件,商务和个人电子邮件的类型)。结果总体而言,占患者总数的4.22%(41,004 / 971,822)提供了电子邮件地址。上次与患者联系的年份是电子邮件地址存在的最主要驱动因素(赔率[OR] 20.8,95%CI 18.9-22.9)。更有可能提供电子邮件地址的患者已接受慢性病治疗,并且更有可能在1950年至1969年之间出生(以1950年之前出生的患者为参考[OR 1.60,95%CI 1.54-1.67],而1990年之后出生的患者则为[或0.56,95%CI [0.53-0.59])。在收集的41,004个电子邮件地址中,有37,779个与已知电子邮件提供者相关联,有31,005个电子邮件地址与Google,Microsoft,Orange和Yahoo!相关联,有2878个与企业电子邮件地址相关联,还有347个具有个性化域名的电子邮件地址。结论电子邮件是最近才在我们机构中收集的。上次联系年份的重要性可能反映了联系信息收集政策的这一最新变化。人口统计学特征,尤其是年龄分布,很可能是医院人口偏向的结果:提供电子邮件的患者更有可能接受慢性疾病的治疗。对电子邮件使用进行的风险分析显示,有几种情况可能构成对隐私的侵犯,这既有可能又会带来重大后果。接受过慢性疾病治疗的患者更有可能提供电子邮件地址,并且在隐私受到侵犯的情况下也更有可能面临风险。几种常见情况可能会公开其私人信息。我们建议限制使用电子邮件进行健康交流。人口统计学特征,尤其是年龄分布,很可能是医院人口偏向的结果:提供电子邮件的患者更有可能接受慢性疾病的治疗。对电子邮件使用进行的风险分析显示,有几种情况可能构成对隐私的侵犯,这既有可能又会带来重大后果。接受过慢性疾病治疗的患者更有可能提供电子邮件地址,并且在隐私受到侵犯的情况下也更有可能面临风险。几种常见情况可能会公开其私人信息。我们建议限制使用电子邮件进行健康交流。人口统计学特征,尤其是年龄分布,很可能是医院人口偏向的结果:提供电子邮件的患者更有可能接受慢性疾病的治疗。对电子邮件使用进行的风险分析显示,有几种情况可能构成对隐私的侵犯,这既有可能又会带来重大后果。接受过慢性疾病治疗的患者更有可能提供电子邮件地址,并且在隐私受到侵犯的情况下也更有可能面临风险。几种常见情况可能会公开其私人信息。我们建议限制使用电子邮件进行健康交流。对电子邮件使用进行的风险分析显示,有几种情况可能构成对隐私的侵犯,这既有可能又会带来重大后果。接受过慢性疾病治疗的患者更有可能提供电子邮件地址,并且在隐私受到侵犯的情况下也更有可能面临风险。几种常见情况可能会公开其私人信息。我们建议限制使用电子邮件进行健康交流。对电子邮件使用进行的风险分析显示,有几种情况可能构成对隐私的侵犯,这既有可能又会带来重大后果。接受过慢性疾病治疗的患者更有可能提供电子邮件地址,并且在隐私受到侵犯的情况下也更有可能面临风险。几种常见情况可能会公开其私人信息。我们建议限制使用电子邮件进行健康交流。
更新日期:2019-03-12
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