Abstract
Usability gaps between current and future improved Electronic Health Record (EHR) system designs exist due to insufficient incorporation of User-Centered Design (UCD) principles during System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Usability of a commercial, inpatient EHR clinical notes documentation interface was analyzed from standpoints of two provider groups employing two standardized patient cases. Both objective and subjective data were collected from attending (n=6) and resident physicians (n=8) through usability testing employing a mixed method approach. The study results suggested that (i) EHR usability and desirability is influenced by user characteristics, (ii) workloads associated with H&P and progress notes writing are perceived differently between two groups, (iii) repeated task performance improves user efficiency and (iv) user performance is correlated to their subjective system assessments. Understanding usability of clinical documentation interface from perspectives of two different user groups, provides interface designers with an opportunity to develop an EHR system centered on UCD principles.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | MEDINFO 2017 |
Subtitle of host publication | Precision Healthcare through Informatics - Proceedings of the 16th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics |
Editors | Adi V. Gundlapalli, Jaulent Marie-Christine, Zhao Dongsheng |
Publisher | IOS Press BV |
Pages | 1128-1132 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781614998297 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
Event | 16th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics: Precision Healthcare through Informatics, MedInfo 2017 - Hangzhou, China Duration: Aug 21 2017 → Aug 25 2017 |
Publication series
Name | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
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Volume | 245 |
ISSN (Print) | 0926-9630 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1879-8365 |
Other
Other | 16th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics: Precision Healthcare through Informatics, MedInfo 2017 |
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Country/Territory | China |
City | Hangzhou |
Period | 8/21/17 → 8/25/17 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and IOS Press.
Keywords
- Documentation
- Electronic health record (ehr)
- User-computer interface