Evidence-based usability design principles for medication alerting systems

Marcilly, Romaric; Ammenwerth, Elske; Roehrer, Erin; Nies, Julie; Beuscart-Zéphir, Marie-Catherine

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique: Article original

DOI :

10.1186/s12911-018-0615-9

PMID :

30041647

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/17334

Title :

Evidence-based usability design principles for medication alerting systems

Author(s) :

Marcilly, Romaric [Auteur]

Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694 [METRICS]
Ammenwerth, Elske [Auteur]
Roehrer, Erin [Auteur]
University of Tasmania [Hobart] [UTAS]
Nies, Julie [Auteur]
Beuscart-Zéphir, Marie-Catherine [Auteur]

Journal title :

BMC medical informatics and decision making

Abbreviated title :

BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak.

Volume number :

Publication date :

2018-07-24

ISSN :

1472-6947

English keyword(s) :

Alerting system
Decision support
Human engineering
Design
Usability

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Usability flaws in medication alerting systems may have a negative impact on clinical use and patient safety. In order to prevent the release of alerting systems that contain such flaws, it is necessary to provide designers ...
Show more >Usability flaws in medication alerting systems may have a negative impact on clinical use and patient safety. In order to prevent the release of alerting systems that contain such flaws, it is necessary to provide designers and evaluators with evidence-based usability design principles. The objective of the present study was to develop a comprehensive, structured list of evidence-based usability design principles for medication alerting systems. Nine sets of design principles for medication alerting systems were analyzed, summarized, and structured. We then matched the summarized principles with a list of usability flaws in order to determine the level of underlying evidence. Fifty-eight principles were summarized from the literature and two additional principles were defined, so that each flaw was matched with a principle. We organized the 60 summarized usability design principles into 6 meta-principles, 38 principles, and 16 sub-principles. Only 15 principles were not matched with a usability flaw. The 6 meta-principles respectively covered the improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio, the support for collaborative working, the fit with a clinician's workflow, the data display, the transparency of the alerting system, and the actionable tools to be provided within an alert. It is possible to develop an evidence-based, structured, comprehensive list of usability design principles that are specific to medication alerting systems and are illustrated by the corresponding usability flaws. This list represents an improvement over the current literature. Each principle is now associated with the best available evidence of its violation. This knowledge may help to improve the usability of medication alerting systems and, ultimately, decrease the harmful consequences of the systems' usability flaws.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

CHU Lille
Université de Lille

Collections :

METRICS : Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694

Submission date :

2019-12-09T18:18:48Z
2020-04-02T08:10:49Z
2020-04-03T08:54:11Z

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