Assessing the Usability of Medication Information Layouts in a Home Healthcare Electronic Health Record. Issue 1 (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McLaurin, Elease; Bass, Ellen J.; Bowles, Kathryn H.; Sockolow, Paulina
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. Volume 9:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 183
• Page End: 185
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: Human engineering -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Periodicals; 620.8
• DOI: 10.1177/2327857920091029
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2327-8579

Abstract

A study was conducted to investigate how well the design of an electronic health record (EHR) supported the shared understanding of medication-related information between home healthcare team members. EHR data from a home healthcare admission visit was obtained and reviewed for medication-related entries. Entries were characterized based on their location within the EHR interface. The analysis identified 50 different medication-related entries which were distributed across 18 EHR sections. The results highlight opportunities to improve the EHR design to better support a shared understanding between healthcare team members of medication-related information, and patient information more generally.