Interface usability across and within EHR vendors and medical settings: the often unexamined need for interface similarities

Ross Koppel; Craig Kuziemsky

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-742-9-183

Interface usability across and within EHR vendors and medical settings

the often unexamined need for interface similarities

Ross Koppel^*, Craig Kuziemsky

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

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Abstract

Usability of health information technology (HIT), if considered at all, is usually focused on individual providers, settings and vendors. However, in light of transformative models of healthcare delivery such as collaborative care delivery that crosses providers and settings, we need to think of usability as a collective and constantly emerging process. To address this new reality we develop a matrix of usability that spans several dimensions and contexts, incorporating differing vendors, user, settings, disciplines, and display configurations. The matrix, while conceptual, extends existing work by providing the means for discussion of usability issues and needs beyond one setting and one user type.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building Capacity for Health Informatics in the Future
Editors	Francis Lau, John Bartle-Clar, Gerry Bliss, Elizabeth Borycki, Karen Courtney, Alex Kuo
Place of Publication	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	183-187
Number of pages	5
Volume	234
ISBN (Electronic)	9781614997429
ISBN (Print)	9781614997412
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-742-9-183
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	Information Technology and Communications in Health conference (ITCH 2017) - Victoria, BC, Canada Duration: 16 Feb 2017 → 19 Feb 2017

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Publisher	IOS PRESS
Volume	234
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630

Conference

Conference	Information Technology and Communications in Health conference (ITCH 2017)
Country	Canada
City	Victoria, BC
Period	16/02/17 → 19/02/17

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Copyright the Author(s) 2017. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Keywords

collaborative care delivery
evaluation
health information technology
usability

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Koppel, R., & Kuziemsky, C. (2017). Interface usability across and within EHR vendors and medical settings: the often unexamined need for interface similarities. In F. Lau, J. Bartle-Clar, G. Bliss, E. Borycki, K. Courtney, & A. Kuo (Eds.), Building Capacity for Health Informatics in the Future (Vol. 234, pp. 183-187). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 234). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-742-9-183

Koppel, Ross ; Kuziemsky, Craig. / Interface usability across and within EHR vendors and medical settings : the often unexamined need for interface similarities. Building Capacity for Health Informatics in the Future. editor / Francis Lau ; John Bartle-Clar ; Gerry Bliss ; Elizabeth Borycki ; Karen Courtney ; Alex Kuo. Vol. 234 Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press, 2017. pp. 183-187 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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Koppel, R & Kuziemsky, C 2017, Interface usability across and within EHR vendors and medical settings: the often unexamined need for interface similarities. in F Lau, J Bartle-Clar, G Bliss, E Borycki, K Courtney & A Kuo (eds), Building Capacity for Health Informatics in the Future. vol. 234, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 234, IOS Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 183-187, Information Technology and Communications in Health conference (ITCH 2017), Victoria, BC, Canada, 16/02/17. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-742-9-183

Interface usability across and within EHR vendors and medical settings : the often unexamined need for interface similarities. / Koppel, Ross; Kuziemsky, Craig.

Building Capacity for Health Informatics in the Future. ed. / Francis Lau; John Bartle-Clar; Gerry Bliss; Elizabeth Borycki; Karen Courtney; Alex Kuo. Vol. 234 Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press, 2017. p. 183-187 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 234).

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Koppel R, Kuziemsky C. Interface usability across and within EHR vendors and medical settings: the often unexamined need for interface similarities. In Lau F, Bartle-Clar J, Bliss G, Borycki E, Courtney K, Kuo A, editors, Building Capacity for Health Informatics in the Future. Vol. 234. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. 2017. p. 183-187. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-742-9-183