For instance, computers are used in consultations with the patients in just 11% of Polish GP practices, against 66% in the EU. Also, less than three quarters of GP practices in Poland are equipped with a computer, compared to 87% for the EU as a whole. The gap is narrower in terms of internet connectivity but Poland again lags far behind the EU in the percentage of GP clinics with a broadband connection.
This message is quite important for pharmaceutical companies consider the use of computers and the internet as communication or promotion tools with which to reach Polish GPs. The conclusion is that for the time being, such tools are significantly less useful than in other EU countries, in which computers and the internet are much more widespread among doctors.
As far as eHealth solutions are concerned, Poland fares best on patient data storage: administrative patient data is stored electronically in around 50% practices while at least some medical data (mainly basic diagnoses, medications and examinations and results) in around 40%. On the other hand, the transfer of medical patient data between GP practices and other care providers is far less common in Poland than in the EU as a whole.
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Quelle/Source: Polish Market Review, 09.05.2008
