Table 5
Agreement Scores of the 12 General Practices (GPs) on 11 Theses
| Thesis | Mean Score (SD) | GPs in Agreement (%) |
| Through electronic messaging I save time | 4.0 (1.8) | 67 |
| Through electronic messaging I receive more reports | 5.0 (0.8) | 100 |
| Through electronic messaging I receive reports faster | 5.3 (0.7) | 100 |
| Through electronic messaging I have more information | 5.0 (0.7) | 100 |
| Through electronic messaging the patients' treatment is improved | 3.6 (0.9) | 75 |
| Through electronic messaging nothing really changed | 2.9 (2.0) | 33 |
| Through electronic messaging there is more clarity about each others' actions | 4.4 (1.2) | 83 |
| Through electronic messaging tasks and responsibilities are more clear | 3.1 (1.4) | 41 |
| Electronic messaging decreases the ease of reviewing the data in my records | 4.7 (1.4) | 83 |
| Information and communication technology is nothing but trouble | 3.0 (1.4) | 31 |
| I would like to extend electronic messaging to other patient groups | 5.2 (1.2) | 92 |
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Note: Agreement was scored on a six-point scale ranging from “disagree” (1) to “agree” (6). The percentage of GPs in agreement is the number of GPs with a score of 4 or higher divided by the total number of respondents.
