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Karen Dunn Lopez1, Diana J Wilkie, Yingwei Yao
1Department of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing (Drs Lopez, Sousa and Stifter), Department of Biobehavioral Health Science (Dr Wilkie), and Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering (Mr Febretti and Dr Johnson), University of Illinois at Chicago; and Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, College of Nursing (Drs Wilkie and Yao), and Department of Family, Community and Health Systems Science (Dr Keenan), University of Florida, Gainesville.
Abstract:
We present findings of a comparative study of numeracy and graph literacy in a representative group of 60 practicing nurses. This article focuses on a fundamental concern related to the effectiveness of numeric information displayed in various features in the electronic health record during clinical workflow. Our findings suggest the need to consider numeracy and graph literacy when presenting numerical information as well as the potential for tailoring numeric display types to an individual's cognitive strengths.
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