Action design research to develop an interactive dashboard to visualise and compare patient data from Irish general practice (CARA).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A dashboard was developed with and for Irish general practitioners (GPs) to improve their understanding of practice data. The aim of this study was to design and develop interactive CARA dashboards to enable Irish GPs to visualise patient data and compare their data with other practices.

Design

An interpretivist qualitative approach was taken to create a deeper understanding of how GPs view and engage with data. It included four stages: (a) problem formulation, (b) building, intervention and evaluation, (c) reflection and learning and (d) formalisation of learning. The process included interviews to explore what type of information GPs need, as well as iterative testing of the CARA dashboard prototype.

Setting

General practice.

Participants

GPs, desig

SUBMITTER: Vornhagen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12414190 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature