title: An Efficient User Interface Design for Nursing Information System Based on Integrated Patient Order Information.
abstract: A user friendly interface can enhance the efficiency of data entry, which is crucial for building a complete database. In this study, two user interfaces (traditional pull-down menu vs. check boxes) are proposed and evaluated based on medical records with fever medication orders by measuring the time for data entry, steps for each data entry record, and the complete rate of each medical record. The result revealed that the time for data entry is reduced from 22.8 sec/record to 3.2 sec/record. The data entry procedures also have reduced from 9 steps in the traditional one to 3 steps in the new one. In addition, the completeness of medical records is increased from 20.2% to 98%. All these results indicate that the new user interface provides a more user friendly and efficient approach for data entry than the traditional interface.
authors.affiliation: Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Chuan
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shu-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.affiliation: Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ting-Ting
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface