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James J Cimino1, Beth E Friedmann, Kevin M Jackson
1Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Background:
The Infobutton Manager (IM) is an application that provides clinical users with context-specific links to health information resources. Usage of the first version (IM-1) suggested that the user interface was suboptimal.
Methods:
We conducted a laboratory-based observational study of IM-1, use, applied standard user interface design techniques to address observed problems, developed a new version (IM-2), conducted a second observational study and analyzed log files of the actual use of IM-1 and IM-2.
Results:
Modifications to the IM resulted in a reduction of "perusal time" (time between evocation of the IM and selecting a topic) from 11.13 to 5.92 seconds. However, evaluation of 14 months of usage logs did not show an appreciable effect on the perusal time or the rate at which users selected a topic once the IM was evoked.
Conclusions:
Laboratory analysis of the IM was evoked.
Conclusions:
Laboratory analysis of the IM guided redesign that led to improved performance in the laboratory, but did not address factors that are influencing use.
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