Development and usability testing of an audit and feedback tool for anesthesiologists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We describe the creation and evaluation of a personal audit and feedback (A&F) tool for anesthesiologists.

Methods

A survey aimed at capturing barriers for personal improvement efforts and feedback preferences was administered to attending anesthesiologists. The results informed the design and implementation of 4 dashboards that display information on individual practice characteristics as well as comparative performance on several quality metrics. The dashboards' usability was then tested using the human-centered design framework.

Results

Anesthesiologists listed lack of information on current practice as the main barrier for improvement. Regarding usability, participants gave the dashboards an average score of 3.8 (scale 1-5) on consistency, learnability,

SUBMITTER: Barbeito A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6951966 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature