Electronic Health Record Usability When Caring for Children With Medical Complexity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate usability of and clinician satisfaction with the electronic health record (EHR) in the context of caring for children with medical complexity (CMC) at a large academic pediatric hospital and to identify key areas for targeted improvements.

Methods

Cross-sectional study of pediatric faculty and advanced practice providers across several pediatric specialties using an online Research Electronic Data Capture survey. EHR usability was measured with 6 validated questions from the National Usability-Focused Health Information System Scale, and satisfaction with common EHR functionalities was measured with 6 original Likert-scale questions and 3 free-text questions. Results were analyzed with bivariate testing.

Results

More than half of providers compl

SUBMITTER: Wilson AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10896744 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature