Ambulatory Clinic Exam Room Design with respect to Computing Devices: A Laboratory Simulation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Challenges persist regarding how to integrate computing effectively into the exam room, while maintaining patient-centered care.

Purpose

Our objective was to evaluate a new exam room design with respect to the computing layout, which included a wall-mounted monitor for ease of (re)-positioning.

Methods

In a lab-based experiment, 28 providers used prototypes of the new and older "legacy" outpatient exam room layouts in a within-subject comparison using simulated patient encounters. We measured efficiency, errors, workload, patient-centeredness (proportion of time the provider was focused on the patient), amount of screen sharing with the patient, workflow integration, and provider situation awareness.

Results

There were no statistically significant di

SUBMITTER: Weiler DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6448389 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature