Usability Improvements to Electronic Health Records - Finding Realistic Paths to Success

Rebecca A. Meehan

2015

Abstract

There is a need to develop more effective strategies for improving usability within information and communication technologies, specifically, electronic health record (EHR) systems. Usability incorporates the ease of use, learnability, efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction of a system by the end user. When an EHR incorporates principles of usability, the system does a better job of meeting the needs of the end users intuitively, resulting in fewer errors and better quality outcomes for patients. Health systems and governments have been urging the widespread adoption of EHR systems to help lower costs and increase efficiency, putting themselves and vendors under pressure to develop and implement the best solution quickly. Too often stakeholders rely on future releases and enhancements to fix issues not originally planned for in the initial release of the product. Hospital system end users and vendors need better strategies for improving usability in EHR solutions. Poor usability can result in frustrated end-users, inefficient and more costly processes, and, at worst, compromises to patient safety. Proposed strategies and areas for future development are discussed.

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Meehan R. (2015). Usability Improvements to Electronic Health Records - Finding Realistic Paths to Success . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-068-0, pages 514-518. DOI: 10.5220/0005252705140518


in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf15,
author={Rebecca A. Meehan},
title={Usability Improvements to Electronic Health Records - Finding Realistic Paths to Success},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={514-518},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005252705140518},
isbn={978-989-758-068-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2015)
TI - Usability Improvements to Electronic Health Records - Finding Realistic Paths to Success
SN - 978-989-758-068-0
AU - Meehan R.
PY - 2015
SP - 514
EP - 518
DO - 10.5220/0005252705140518