Investigating paper vs. screen in real-life hospital workflows: Performance contradicts perceived superiority of paper in the user experience

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 563-570

  Holzinger, Andreas ^a   Baernthaler, Markus ^b   Pammer, Walter ^b   Katz, Herman ^c   Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b AUVA Emergency Hospital Graz   (Austria)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chunked Reading Test; Health record; Medical reports; Paper vs. screen; Reading performance; Textual information; User experience

Indexed keywords

CHUNKED READING TEST; HEALTH RECORD; MEDICAL REPORTS; READING PERFORMANCE; TEXTUAL INFORMATION; USER EXPERIENCE;

HOSPITALS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PAPER;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

AUSTRIA; DISPLAYS; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PAPER;

EID: 79959282792     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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