Ribelles, NAlvarez-Lopez, IArcusa, AChacon, J Ide la Haba, JGarcia-Corbacho, JGarcia-Mata, JJara, CJerez, J MLazaro-Quintela, MLeon-Mateos, LRamirez-Merino, NTibau, AGarcia-Palomo, A2023-02-092023-02-092021-03-30Ribelles N, Alvarez-Lopez I, Arcusa A, Chacon JI, de la Haba J, García-Corbacho J, et al. Electronic health records and patient registries in medical oncology departments in Spain. Clin Transl Oncol. 2021 Oct;23(10):2099-2108http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17593We aimed to evaluate the current situation of electronic health records (EHRs) and patient registries in the oncology departments of hospitals in Spain. This was a cross-sectional study conducted from December 2018 to September 2019. The survey was designed ad hoc by the Outcomes Evaluation and Clinical Practice Section of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) and was distributed to all head of medical oncology department members of SEOM. We invited 148 heads of oncology departments, and 81 (54.7%) questionnaires were completed, with representation from all 17 Spanish autonomous communities. Seventy-seven (95%) of the respondents had EHRs implemented at their hospitals; of them, over 80% considered EHRs to have a positive impact on work organization and clinical practice, and 73% considered that EHRs improve the quality of patient care. In contrast, 27 (35.1%) of these respondents felt that EHRs worsened the physician-patient relationship and conveyed an additional workload (n = 29; 37.6%). Several drawbacks in the implementation of EHRs were identified, including the limited inclusion of information on both outpatients and inpatients, information recorded in free text data fields, and the availability of specific informed consent. Forty-six (56.7%) respondents had patient registries where they recorded information from all patients seen in the department. Our study indicates that EHRs are almost universally implemented in the hospitals surveyed and are considered to have a positive impact on work organization and clinical practice. However, EHRs currently have several drawbacks that limit their use for investigational purposes.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Clinical practiceClinical researchElectronic health recordsMedical oncologyPatient registriesWork organizationAttitude of health personnelCross-sectional studiesElectronic health recordsElectronic prescribingHumansMedical oncologyOncology service, hospitalPhysician-patient relationsQuality of health careRegistriesSpainSurveys and questionnairesWorkloadResearch article33864619open accessActitud del personal de saludCalidad de la atención de saludCarga de trabajoEncuestas y cuestionariosOncología médicaPrescripción electrónicaRegistros electrónicos de saludRelaciones médico-paciente10.1007/s12094-021-02614-91699-3055PMC8390424https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12094-021-02614-9.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390424/pdf