Usability Testing Finds Problems for Novice Users of Pediatric Portals

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 660-669

  Britto, Maria T ^a,b   Jimison, Holly B ^c   Munafo, Jennifer Knopf ^a   Wissman, Jennifer ^d   Rogers, Michelle L ^e   Hersh, William ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OHIO; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 69549129523     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3154     Document Type: Article

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