title: Realizing electronic medical record benefits: an easy-to-do usability study.
abstract: Heuristic evaluation is a type of study that is useful for uncovering usability issues in a human-computer interface such as the electronic medical record (EMR). Findings can be very useful in overcoming usability problems to better realize the benefits of the EMR. Correction of the usability violations will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of EMRs. The authors discuss their use of heuristic evaluation to assess usability issues found in their nursing electronic documentation system.
authors.affiliation: Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, USA. Linda.Harrington@gmail.com
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Porch
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Katy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilkens
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research / Q000379:methods; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013781:Texas; D014584:User-Computer Interface