Usability


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Usability


General 

Ensuring CPOE  system usability is important for encuring patient safety, promoting physician adoption, and enabling efficient use of CPOE systems. One way to promote usabilty is to employ user-centered design methods during all phases of the CPOE deployment.

 

[To be added: example tasks and critical success factors]

 

Relevant Implementation Stages:

Vendor Evaluation/Selection

 

Initial Planning

 

The Build

 

Go-live

 

Optimization &  Maintenance

 

 

Resources:

AHRQ EHR Usability Evaluation and Use Case Framework

AHRQ EHR Usability Interface Design Considerations

HIMSS Defining and Testing EMR Usability: Principles and Proposed Methods of EMR Usability Evaluation and Rating

HIMSS Selecting an EMR for Your Practice: Evaluating Usability

Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines available at http://usability.gov/guidelines/index.html