Increasingly healthcare policy and decision makers are demanding evidence to justify
investments in health information systems. This demand requires an adequate evaluation of …

The aim of this paper is to review some work conducted in the field of user testing that aims
at specifying or clarifying the test procedures and at defining and developing tools to help …

OBJECTIVE: Usability evaluation is now widely recognized as critical to the success of
interactive health care applications. However, the broad range of usability inspection and …

Several studies have shown that there is information loss during interruptions, and that
multitasking creates higher memory load, both of which contribute to medical error. Nowhere …

Knapp 20 Jahre ist es her, dass das Institute of Medicine in den USA den bahnbrechenden
Report To Err Is Human („Irren ist menschlich") veröffentlichte und die internationale …

Objective: This paper presents an approach to usability evaluation of computer-based health
care systems designed for patient use in their homes. Although such devices are becoming …

PURPOSE: Usability evaluations can improve the usability and workflow integration of
clinical decision support (CDS). Traditional usability testing using scripted scenarios with …

Previous studies have shown the importance of workflow issues in the implementation of
CPOE systems and patient safety practices. To understand the impact of CPOE on clinical …

Objectives: To examine the impact of design aspects of computerized physician order entry
(CPOE) systems for medication ordering on usability, physicians' workflow and on …

This case study of a serious medication error demonstrates the necessity of a
comprehensive methodology for the analysis of failures in interaction between humans and …