Evaluating users' experiences of electronic prescribing systems in relation to patient safety: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

User interface (UI) design features such as screen layout, density of information, and use of colour may affect the usability of electronic prescribing (EP) systems, with usability problems previously associated with medication errors. To identify how to improve existing systems, our aim was to explore prescribers' perspectives of UI features of a commercially available EP system, and how these may affect patient safety.

Methods

Two studies were conducted, each including ten participants prescribing a penicillin for a test patient with a penicillin allergy. In study 1, eye-gaze tracking was used as a means to explore visual attention and behaviour during prescribing, followed by a self-reported EP system usability scale. In study 2, a think-aloud method and semi-s

SUBMITTER: Aufegger L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7126479 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature