Navigation in the electronic health record: A review of the safety and usability literature

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 69-79

  Roman, Lisette C ^a   Ancker, Jessica S ^a   Johnson, Stephen B ^a   Senathirajah, Yalini ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Navigation; Safety; Scoping review; Usability

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TERMINOLOGY; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EVALUATION METHODS; INSPECTION METHODS; INTERACTION DESIGN; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SCOPING REVIEW; USABILITY; USABILITY EVALUATION;

NAVIGATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; PUBLICATION;

COGNITION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 85013815647     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2017.01.005     Document Type: Review

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