Usability Flaws in Medication Alerting Systems: Impact on Usage and Work System.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous research has shown that medication alerting systems face usability issues. There has been no previous attempt to systematically explore the consequences of usability flaws in such systems on users (i.e. usage problems) and work systems (i.e. negative outcomes). This paper aims at exploring and synthesizing the consequences of usability flaws in terms of usage problems and negative outcomes on the work system.

Methods

A secondary analysis of 26 papers included in a prior systematic review of the usability flaws in medication alerting was performed. Usage problems and negative outcomes were extracted and sorted. Links between usability flaws, usage problems, and negative outcomes were also analyzed.

Results

Poor usability generates a large variety of

SUBMITTER: Marcilly R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4587050 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature