title: Better Bridges, Better Systems.
abstract: An electronic health record (EHR) research project illustrates the need for physicians to get involved in usability testing to help vendors improve their products. Some of the research centered on testing EHR systems for usability and interviewing EHR vendors about their capabilities to build systems tailored to the needs of the user. The usability testing of commercial EHRs largely confirmed what many physicians report from their own experience: EHR systems are often difficult to use and hinder patient care in a clinical setting.
authors.forename: Joey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berlin
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D013781:Texas; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D057188:Workflow