title: Patient safety-oriented usability testing: a pilot study.
abstract: This paper focuses on the prevention of technology induced errors in Health Information Technology (HIT) applications through usability tests in which patient safety-oriented usability goals have been included. A case study presents the evaluation of a web-based medication-related Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS). Systematically defining beforehand usability goals according to the potential use errors is an objective and replicable approach to identify the strengths and weaknesses of an application in terms of patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Univ Lille Nord de France. romaric.marcilly@univ-lille2.fr
authors.forename: Romaric
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marcilly
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernonville
authors.forename: Costanza
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riccioli
authors.forename: Marie-Catherine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Beuscart-Zephir
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007558:Italy; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008490:Medical Informatics; D061214:Patient Safety; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014584:User-Computer Interface