title: Technical data evaluation of a palliative care web-based documentation system.
abstract: A technical analysis of the web-based patient documentation system, eKernPäP, was conducted. The system is used by interdisciplinary pediatric palliative care teams in Germany to document outpatient care. The data of the system and the data of an external web analytic system have been evaluated. The results gave an overview how the system is used and what information is generated. A detailed analysis of singular forms showed that not all forms were filled in completely. With the help of the external web analytic system the navigation behavior of the users could be retraced. The users followed the given navigation from top to bottom. An existing exception in this pattern turned out to be misplacement and will be corrected in the next version. The technical analysis proved to be a good tool for improving a web-based documentation system.
authors: Institute of Medical Informatics, University Hospital Münster, Germany. hartz@imfl.de
authors: Tobias
authors: T
authors: Hartz
authors: René
authors: R
authors: Brüntrup
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Uckert
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009737:Nursing Records; D010045:Outpatients; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014584:User-Computer Interface