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Low-Cost Rapid Usability Testing: Its Application in Both Product Development and System Implementation.

Andre Kushniruk¹, Elizabeth Borycki¹

¹School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.

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|February 11, 2017

Summary

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Healthcare IT certification needs more than just development testing. Usability testing is crucial during implementation to ensure safe and effective health information technology (IT) systems in real-world settings.

Keywords:

Usability healthcare information systems human-computer interaction usability testing

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Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Human-Computer Interaction
Medical Device Regulation

Background:

Healthcare information technology (IT) requires regulation and certification.
Current standards focus on user-centered development processes for health IT.
Despite certification efforts, unusable and unsafe health IT implementations persist.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the necessity of usability testing beyond the initial development of health IT.
To advocate for specific usability standards and testing requirements during health IT implementation.
To ensure both development and implementation processes yield usable and safe health IT.

Main Methods:

Discussion of current health IT development and certification standards.
Analysis of reported usability and safety issues in implemented health IT.
Argument for integrating usability testing into the post-development implementation phase.

Main Results:

One-time usability testing during development is insufficient for health IT.
Certified health IT products still require usability testing during implementation.
Usability issues in real-world healthcare settings necessitate tailored testing.

Conclusions:

Usability testing must be mandated during health IT implementation, not just development.
Specific usability standards are needed for the implementation phase of health IT.
Ensuring usability and safety requires continuous evaluation throughout the health IT lifecycle.