A usability study to improve a clinical decision support system for the prescription of antibiotic drugs.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:A clinical decision support system (CDSS) for empirical antibiotic treatment has the potential to increase appropriate antibiotic use. Before using such a system on a broad scale, it needs to be tailored to the users preferred way of working. We have developed a CDSS for empirical antibiotic treatment in hospitalized adult patients. Here we determined in a usability study if the developed CDSS needed changes. METHODS:Four prespecified patient cases, based on real life clinical scenarios, were evaluated by 8 medical residents in the study. The "think-aloud" method was used, and sessions were recorded and analyzed afterwards. Usability was assessed by 3 evaluators using an augmented classification scheme, which combines the User Action Framework with severity rating of the usabilit

SUBMITTER: Akhloufi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6760771 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature