The relationship of usability to medical error: An evaluation of errors associated with usability problems in the use of a handheld application for prescribing medications

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2004, Pages 1073-1076

  Kushniruk, Andre ^a   Triola, Marc ^b   Stein, Ben ^c   Borycki, Elizabeth ^d   Kannry, Joseph ^e  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

handheld devices; human computer interaction; medical errors; PDA; usability engineering

Indexed keywords

CODING ERRORS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; MHEALTH; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ACTUAL ERROR; HAND HELD DEVICE; HANDHELD PRESCRIPTION; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MEDICAL ERRORS; USABILITY PROBLEMS; USER INTERACTION; HANDHELDS; PDA; THINK ALOUD; WRITING PROJECTS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING; ERRORS;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HANDHELD DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; USABILITY; VIDEORECORDING; WRITING;

EID: 84862594545     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-949-3-1073     Document Type: Article

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