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Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Poor electronic health record (EHR) usability contributes to patient safety risks, user dissatisfaction, and provider burnout.
  • While EHR vendors undergo user testing for certification, site-specific implementations lack this requirement, potentially introducing new usability problems.
  • Customization of EHRs by healthcare organizations necessitates localized usability evaluations to identify and address these issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize a site-specific discount user testing program at an academic medical center.
  • To evaluate the impact of usability testing on EHR implementation decisions and user experience.
  • To demonstrate how simplified usability methods can identify and resolve EHR concerns.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted three user testing events evaluating thirteen new EHR features previously undergoing heuristic evaluation.
  • Employed a think-aloud technique with 5-6 users per event, collecting data on efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction.
  • Characterized usability concerns by heuristic violation type and correctability.

Main Results:

  • Identified an average of 2.5 usability concerns per feature, with 70% deemed correctable before implementation.
  • One feature was withdrawn post-implementation, potentially predictable by low user satisfaction scores.
  • Another feature was rebuilt and retested based on usability findings, while a third highlighted an easily correctable issue.

Conclusions:

  • Simplified, site-specific usability testing with limited participants can uncover correctable issues, even post-heuristic evaluation.
  • Discount usability approaches are valuable for EHR implementations, enhancing end-user experience.
  • This method offers a practical means for health systems to improve EHR usability without requiring dedicated specialists.