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Guilherme Del Fiol1, Roberto A Rocha, Paul D Clayton
1Knowledge Management Group, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|January 24, 2007
Summary
Infobuttons successfully reduced access barriers to online health information for clinicians at Intermountain Healthcare. Continued use demonstrates their value, though further development is needed for wider clinical system integration.
Area of Science:
- Clinical Informatics
- Health Information Technology
Background:
- Infobuttons are designed to simplify access to online clinical resources at the point-of-care.
- Intermountain Healthcare has utilized infobuttons for over four years.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the utilization and effectiveness of infobuttons within a clinical information system.
- To assess the impact of infobuttons on clinician access to online resources.
Main Methods:
- Infobuttons were implemented in the problem list, laboratory results, and medication order entry modules of the HELP2 Clinical Information System.
- Usage data was collected over four years, tracking unique users and total usage instances.
Main Results:
- Infobuttons were accessed 53,127 times by 2,611 unique users over four years.
- The medication order entry module showed the highest frequency of infobutton usage.
- Consistent growth in usage indicates the perceived value and utility of infobuttons.
Conclusions:
- Infobuttons have proven useful in enhancing clinician access to point-of-care information.
- Further research and development are recommended to maximize the benefits of infobuttons across all clinical systems.
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