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A Novel Design for Drug-Drug Interaction Alerts Improves Prescribing Efficiency.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf

September 2015

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development Service, Center for Health Information and Communication (HSR&D CHIC), Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center (VAMC), Indianapolis, USA.

Background: Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) are common in clinical care and pose serious risks for patients. Electronic health records display DDI alerts that can influence prescribers, but the interface design of DDI alerts has largely been unstudied. In this study, the objective was to apply human factors engineering principles to alert design.

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A Rapid Usability Evaluation (RUE) Method for Health Information Technology.

AMIA Annu Symp Proc

November 2010

VA HSR&D Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice (CIEBP), Roudebush VA Medical Center (VAMC), Indianapolis, IN;

Usability testing can help generate design ideas to enhance the quality and safety of health information technology. Despite these potential benefits, few healthcare organizations conduct systematic usability testing prior to software implementation. We used a Rapid Usability Evaluation (RUE) method to apply usability testing to software development at a major VA Medical Center.

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