Task-oriented evaluation of electronic medical records systems: development and validation of a questionnaire for physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluation is a challenging but necessary part of the development cycle of clinical information systems like the electronic medical records (EMR) system. It is believed that such evaluations should include multiple perspectives, be comparative and employ both qualitative and quantitative methods. Self-administered questionnaires are frequently used as a quantitative evaluation method in medical informatics, but very few validated questionnaires address clinical use of EMR systems.

Methods

We have developed a task-oriented questionnaire for evaluating EMR systems from the clinician's perspective. The key feature of the questionnaire is a list of 24 general clinical tasks. It is applicable to physicians of most specialties and covers essential parts of their informa

SUBMITTER: Laerum H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC356923 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature