ArticleApplied clinical informatics2019
Usability Evaluation of Visual Representation Formats for Emergency Department Records.
Article in Applied clinical informatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Clinical Informatics Training During Emergency Medicine Residency: The University of Michigan Experience.AEM education and training · 2021Article
- Clinician Perceptions on the Use of Free-Text Communication Orders.Applied clinical informatics · 2021Article
- The Effect of Electronic Health Record Usability Redesign on Annual Screening Rates in an Ambulatory Setting.Applied clinical informatics · 2020Article
- Use, Perceived Usability, and Barriers to Implementation of a Patient Safety Dashboard Integrated within a Vendor EHR.Applied clinical informatics · 2020Article
- Validation of chief complaints, medical history, medications, and physician diagnoses structured with an integrated emergency department information system in Japan: the Next Stage ER system.Acute medicine & surgeryArticle
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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIntegration of electronic information is a challenge for multitasking emergency providers, with implications for patient safety. Visual representations can assist sense-making of complex data sets; however, benefit and acceptability in emergency care is unproven.
objectivesThis article evaluates visually focused alternatives to lists or tabular formats, to better understand possible usability in Emergency Department Information System (EDIS).
methodsA counterbalanced, repeated-measures experiment, satisfaction surveys, and narrative content analysis was conducted remotely by Web platform. Participants were 37 American emergency physicians; they completed 16 clinical cases comparing 4 visual designs to the control formats from a commercially available EDIS. They then evaluated two additional chart overview representations without controls.
resultsVisual designs provided benefit in several areas compared to controls. Task correctness (90% to 76%;
conclusionPhysician performance with visual representations of clinical data can in some cases exceed standard formats, even in absence of training. Highlighting of priority clinical categories was rated easier-to-use on average than unhighlighted controls. Perceived complexity of timeline representations can limit desirability for a subset of users, despite potential benefit.
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