title: User-Centered Design Practices to Redesign a Nursing e-Chart in Line with the Nursing Process.
abstract: Regarding the user-centered design (UCD) practices carried out at Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires, nursing e-chart user interface was redesigned in order to improve records' quality of nursing process based on an adapted Virginia Henderson theoretical model and patient safety standards to fulfil Joint Commission accreditation requirements. UCD practices were applied as standardized and recommended for electronic medical records usability evaluation. Implementation of these practices yielded a series of prototypes in 5 iterative cycles of incremental improvements to achieve goals of usability which were used and perceived as satisfactory by general care nurses. Nurses' involvement allowed balance between their needs and institution requirements.
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: María B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Schachner
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Recondo
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Zulma A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Janine A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stanziola
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Fernando D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Gassino
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simón
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Gastón E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: López
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Sonia E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Benítez
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D006804:Ergonomics / Q000592:standards; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards; D062527:Meaningful Use / Q000592:standards*; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000592:standards*; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface