The Need to Optimize the Electronic Health Record: Usability Issues in Legacy Systems Can Compromise Patient Safety

Rebecca A. Meehan

2020

Abstract

It is imperative that usability issues affecting patient safety continue to be fixed in the electronic health record (EHR), especially in legacy systems that may not be updated or replaced for years to come. EHR developers and vendors are partners with hospital systems and clinicians in identifying, prioritizing and fixing problems in the EHR that may adversely affect patient safety. Many of these issues are identified by clinicians as issues of poor usability. This presentation discusses current processes for identifying, prioritizing and fixing usability issues as they arise in the implemented or legacy system by both vendors and hospital groups. Strategies for how to improve processes moving forward are discussed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Meehan R. (2020). The Need to Optimize the Electronic Health Record: Usability Issues in Legacy Systems Can Compromise Patient Safety. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-398-8, SciTePress, pages 609-613. DOI: 10.5220/0009107106090613

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf20,
author={Rebecca A. Meehan},
title={The Need to Optimize the Electronic Health Record: Usability Issues in Legacy Systems Can Compromise Patient Safety},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2020},
pages={609-613},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009107106090613},
isbn={978-989-758-398-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2020) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - The Need to Optimize the Electronic Health Record: Usability Issues in Legacy Systems Can Compromise Patient Safety
SN - 978-989-758-398-8
AU - Meehan R.
PY - 2020
SP - 609
EP - 613
DO - 10.5220/0009107106090613
PB - SciTePress