Reading the medical record. II. Design of a human-computer interface for basic reading of computerized medical records.
A user interface for reading the medical record was designed and implemented on a workstation with a 19-inch colour screen. The text is presented on imitations of paper-pages. The pages are organized in bundles which are dynamically connected to scrollable index lists. The turning of pages on the screen is the fundamental concept of the interface. A page can be turned by a mouse-click or by a circular mouse-movement. Elaborated feedback is given to the user in order to provide effortless orientation and navigation. The interface supports the basic ways of use identified in our analyses of reading habits. It also enables human perceptual and cognitive skills to be used. It seems very easy to learn and efficient in use.
Nygren
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Center for Human-Computer Studies, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Johnson
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Henriksson
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D003463:Cues; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011932:Reading; D014584:User-Computer Interface