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The classification of clinicians' information needs while using a clinical information system.

Mureen Allen1, Leanne M Currie, Mark Graham

  • 1Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|January 20, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Clinicians have frequent information needs when using clinical information systems (CIS), leading to potential errors. Identifying these needs and developing context-sensitive "infobuttons" can improve care.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Informatics
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Information needs are common in clinical practice and can lead to medical errors.
  • Clinical Information Systems (CIS) are widely used but may not fully meet user needs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically determine and characterize clinician information needs during CIS use.
  • To provide a framework for developing solutions to address these information needs.

Main Methods:

  • Direct observation of clinicians interacting with a CIS.
  • Audio and video recording of user sessions to capture questions.
  • Classification of recorded questions to identify patterns.

Main Results:

  • Identified 154 distinct information needs from clinicians.

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  • Grouped questions into seven categories, revealing eleven specific, repeated question patterns (47% of total).

    • Conclusions:

    • Findings are generalizable across healthcare settings.
    • Proposed context-sensitive "infobuttons" based on six categories (navigational, cross-reference, domain knowledge) to address identified needs.