ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2022
Evaluating the usability of a national health information system with heuristic method.
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- Usability evaluation methods for hospital information systems: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
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- Effect of nurse informatics on medication errors, patients' satisfaction, and quality patient care - A systematic review and metanalysis.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Review
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- Implementation of an information system for tuberculosis in healthcare facilities in Indonesia: evaluation of its effectiveness and challenges.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Design and evaluation of a serious video game to treat preschool children with speech sound disorders.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundHospital Statistics and Information System is one of the most important health information systems in Iran used in all hospitals in this country. Usability problems can reduce the speed and precision of users when interacting with this system. This study aimed to identify the usability problems of a national health system called "AVAB". MATERIALS AND
methodsThis descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2020, and three experts evaluated the usability of this system independently by the heuristic evaluation method. Nielsen's usability principles were used to identify usability problems and to classify their severity.
resultsA total of 86 unique problems were identified. The highest number of problems were related to the two principles of "help and documentation" and "match between system and the real world" with 23 and 11 usability problems, respectively. The lowest number of problems were related to the two principles of "visibility of system status" and "help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors," each with three problems. 58.1% of the identified problems were in the group of major and catastrophic problems.
conclusionsWith the help of heuristic evaluation method, a significant number of usability problems of Hospital Statistics and Information System were identified. Most of the identified problems were major and catastrophic, and it is necessary to solve these problems by the designers and developers of this system.
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