title: The clinician-information interface.
abstract: Technical advances now enable rapid data collection into sophisticated information systems, and the vision of the electronic patient record may soon be a reality. However, despite advances in the human-computer interface, little attention has been given to the structure of the clinical data to be collected in the electronic record. The 'clinician-information interface' embraces the cognitive, analytical, and decision processes that the clinician will need to undergo to capture clinical data in a structured, meaningful, and analyzable form. This paper discusses some of the issues which need to be addressed if the emerging opportunities for a detailed capture of clinical data are to be maximized.
authors.affiliation: School of Postgraduate Studies in Medical and Health Care, Maes-y-Gwernen Hall, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, SA6 6NL, Wales, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D015588:Observer Variation; D006113:United Kingdom; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled