Improving Electronic Health Record Usability and Safety Requires Transparency
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This Viewpoint discusses ways in which vendors of electronic health record (EHR) systems can block the conduct and dissemination of EHR usability and safety research and calls for policies that promote the identification and communication of usability and safety issues.
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Although electronic applications in health care have been implemented for more than a decade, usability-efficient, effective, and safe use of technology-is still not fully optimized for clinical use.
“Although the implementation of electronic applications in health care dates back more than a decade, usability—referring to the efficient, effective, and safe use of technology—is still not fully optimized for clinical use [36,37].”
From Clinical requirements of future patient monitoring in the intensive care unit: qualitative study (2019) · cites this paper as [37]
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- Authors
- Ratwani, R. M., Hodgkins, M., & Bates, D. W.
- Affiliations
- MedStar Health (US)
- American Medical Association (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2018-12-25
- Volume
- 320
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- 2533
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W2902207499
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 13
- FWCI
- 6.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
- Keywords
- electronic health records, EHR usability, transparency, research dissemination, health IT policy, usability problems, safety concerns
- MeSH terms
- Commerce, Humans, Public Policy, United States, User-Computer Interface, Medical Records Systems, Computerized, Government Regulation, Electronic Health Records, Patient Safety
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