The clinician in the Driver's Seat: part 1 - a drag/drop user-composable electronic health record platform.

ABSTRACT: Creating electronic health records that support the uniquely complex and varied needs of healthcare presents formidable challenges. To address some of these challenges we created a new model for healthcare information systems, embodied in MedWISE,(2) a widget-based highly configurable electronic health record (EHR) platform. Founded on the idea that providing clinician users with greater control of the EHR may result in greater fit to user needs and preferences, MedWISE allows drag/drop user configurations and the sharing of user-created elements such as custom laboratory result panels and user-created interface tabs. After reviewing the current state of EHR configurability, we describe the philosophical, theoretical and practical rationales for our model, and the specific functionality of

SUBMITTER: Senathirajah Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6027643 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature