Using a medical simulation center as an electronic health record usability laboratory

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 558-563

  Landman, Adam B ^a,b   Redden, Lisa ^c,d   Neri, Pamela ^d   Poole, Stephen ^a,e   Horsky, Jan ^a,b   Raja, Ali S ^a,b   Pozner, Charles N ^a,b   Schiff, Gordon ^a,b   Poon, Eric G ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Partners Heathcare System   (United States)

^e Simulation Consulting   (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION CENTER; LABORATORY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SIMULATION CENTER; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EMERGENCY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTING INTERFACE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; USER-COMPUTING INTERFACE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT SIMULATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84901824188     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002233     Document Type: Article

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