Paper Number
1718
Paper Type
Short
Description
Poor usability of Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions is directly associated with physician burnout. While the survey and observational methods have been utilized widely in the usability evaluation of EHRs, it does not seem to be helping with the continuous improvement of EHR design and user satisfaction. We address this gap by presenting a discrete event simulation-based model that can add objectivity to the extant EHR usability methods. Evaluating EHR usability from the perspective of operations and workflow can help vendors design and develop better systems. This short paper presents a proof-of-concept simulation model with assumed task-time distributions. Our main research question is how we can use simulation techniques to objectively evaluate EHR usability? The simulation model results in terms of resource (clinician) utilization metrics can serve as a proxy to evaluate the efficiency component of the EHR usability at the departmental level
Recommended Citation
Srivastava, Ankita and Delen, Dursun, "Simulation-Based Electronic Health Record Usability Evaluation: A Proof of Concept" (2022). ICIS 2022 Proceedings. 9.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2022/is_health/is_health/9
Simulation-Based Electronic Health Record Usability Evaluation: A Proof of Concept
Poor usability of Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions is directly associated with physician burnout. While the survey and observational methods have been utilized widely in the usability evaluation of EHRs, it does not seem to be helping with the continuous improvement of EHR design and user satisfaction. We address this gap by presenting a discrete event simulation-based model that can add objectivity to the extant EHR usability methods. Evaluating EHR usability from the perspective of operations and workflow can help vendors design and develop better systems. This short paper presents a proof-of-concept simulation model with assumed task-time distributions. Our main research question is how we can use simulation techniques to objectively evaluate EHR usability? The simulation model results in terms of resource (clinician) utilization metrics can serve as a proxy to evaluate the efficiency component of the EHR usability at the departmental level
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