Patient-centered Information Systems

Pf, Brennan; Kuang, Ye; Volrathongchai, Kanittha

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1637945

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“…Because of the importance of effective and efficient transfer of patient information among the providers or from the database to nurses and patients, there is a need for formal/standard vocabularies in the database [5, 11, 24]. The use of idiosyncratic terminologies in the database is a barrier to development of fully integrated patient-centered information systems and can lead to difficulty in interpreting the information by the home care nurses or the patients [5]. As a result, additional but unnecessary communication between the nurse and other providers is required for information clarification.…”

Section: Human Factors and Ergonomics Considerations For Designingmentioning

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Human factors and ergonomics in home care: Current concerns and future considerations for health information technology

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Casper

et al. 2009

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Sicker patients with greater care needs are being discharged to their homes to assume responsibility for their own care with fewer nurses available to aid them. This situation brings with it a host of human factors and ergonomic (HFE) concerns, both for the home care nurse and the home dwelling patient, that can affect quality of care and patient safety. Many of these concerns are related to the critical home care tasks of information access, communication, and patient self-monitoring and self-management. Currently, a variety of health information technologies (HITs) are being promoted as possible solutions to those problems, but those same technologies bring with them a new set of HFE concerns. This paper reviews the HFE considerations for information access, communication, and patients self-monitoring and self-management, discusses how HIT can potentially mitigate current problems, and explains how the design and implementation of HIT itself requires careful HFE attention.

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Human factors and ergonomics in home care: Current concerns and future considerations for health information technology

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Casper

et al. 2009

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“…Because of the importance of effective and efficient transfer of patient information among the providers or from the database to nurses and patients, there is a need for formal/standard vocabularies in the database (e.g., Brennan, Kuang, & Volrathongchai, 2000;Harris, Ruggieri, & Chute, 2003). The use of idiosyncratic terminologies in the database is a barrier to development of fully integrated patient-centered information systems and can lead to difficulty in interpreting the information by the home care nurses or the patients (Brennan, Kuang, & Volrathongchai, 2000). As a result, additional but unnecessary communication between the nurse and other providers is required for information clarification.…”

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Human Factors and Ergonomic Concerns and Future Considerations for Consumer Health Information Technology in Home Nursing Care

Valdez

Casper

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Sicker patients with greater care needs are being discharged to their homes to assume responsibility for their own care with fewer nurses available to aid them. This situation brings with it a host of human factors and ergonomic (HFE) concerns, both for the home care nurse and the home care patient, which can affect quality of care and patient safety. Many of these concerns are related to the critical home care tasks of information access, communication, and patient self-management. Currently, a variety of consumer health information technologies (CHITs) are being promoted as possible solutions to those problems, but those same technologies bring with them a new set of HFE concerns. This article reviews the HFE considerations for information access, communication, and patient self-management, discusses how CHIT can potentially mitigate current problems, and explains how the design and implementation of CHIT itself requires careful HFE attention.

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“…Patient information systems are increasingly popular, but there are not many documented success stories about patient information systems (see for a concise review [4]). A core issue for such systems is their 'usability', which includes the extent to which the system takes the actual user's needs and capacities into account (ibid.).…”

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Meeting patients’ needs with patient information systems: potential benefits of qualitative research methods

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Berg

Hiddema

et al. 2001

International Journal of Medical Informatics

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This article reports on our pilot evaluation of an electronic patient information system for children with amblyopia and their parents. The aim was to investigate whether the information system would be able to improve the quality of care, as indicated by an improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of care, and in an increase in patient satisfaction. In the pilot evaluation, we used qualitative research methods, exploring the impact of the information system on children and their parents, with the aim to find suitable indicators for a potential further, quantitative study. Yet we found that the system was little used and had marginal effects on the quality of care for children with amblyopia and their parents. It appeared that the main problem underlying this patient information system was that the needs of those people who actually would be using the system had never really been investigated. The designers had built their assumptions about these needs into the system. These appeared to be mistaken at so many levels that the system could not become a success. As a result of this pilot evaluation, the patient information project was thoroughly transformed. This study makes clear that a thorough exploration of user needs before building the system, using qualitative research methods, may be crucial because it can prevent mismatches and maximizes the chance that the eventual information system meets its most important aim: to enhance patient empowerment and improve the quality of care.

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Patient-centered Information Systems

Cited by 8 publications

References 29 publications

Human factors and ergonomics in home care: Current concerns and future considerations for health information technology

Human factors and ergonomics in home care: Current concerns and future considerations for health information technology

Human Factors and Ergonomic Concerns and Future Considerations for Consumer Health Information Technology in Home Nursing Care

Meeting patients’ needs with patient information systems: potential benefits of qualitative research methods

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