title: Assessment of the usability and impact of the Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE).
abstract: Eighty four health care professionals participated in an online survey assessing the usability, and clinical and administrative impact of the Idaho Health Data Exchange's (IHDE) Virtual Health Record (VHR). The IHDE VHR allows authorized users to use a secure web interface to view lab, radiology and transcribed reports from multiple facilities and view medical histories on patients in the data exchange. Results indicate the usability of the IHDE VHR was almost universally positively rated with the Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI) utilized as the assessment method. Medical providers however had the lowest rating of the exchange, raising concerns about the need for additional training and support. The addition of other Idaho health care organizations to the health data exchange was most widely desired, with the most frequently cited benefit being more comprehensive access to patients' records. In contrast to other published evaluations of health data exchanges in the U.S., few of the concerns emerged about cost of implementation of the data exchange or trust in the quality of information contained therein.
authors.affiliation: College of Health Science Office of Research, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1835, USA. janetreis@boisestate.edu.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Policy, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 83725-1830, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.affiliation: College of Health Science Office of Research, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1835, USA.
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soelberg
authors.affiliation: College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 83725-1835, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D066275:Health Information Exchange; D006801:Humans; D007061:Idaho; D061214:Patient Safety; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D057188:Workflow
keywords: Health record; User computer interface