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Working with patients and the public to design an electronic health record interface: a qualitative mixed-methods study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, December 2019
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Title
Working with patients and the public to design an electronic health record interface: a qualitative mixed-methods study
Published in
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, December 2019
DOI 10.1186/s12911-019-0993-7
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Authors

Leigh R. Warren, Matthew Harrison, Sonal Arora, Ara Darzi

Abstract

Enabling patients to be active users of their own medical records may promote the delivery of safe, efficient care across settings. Patients are rarely involved in designing digital health record systems which may make them unsuitable for patient use. We aimed to develop an evidence-based electronic health record (EHR) interface and participatory design process by involving patients and the public. Participants were recruited to multi-step workshops involving individual and group design activities. A mixture of quantitative and qualitative questionnaires and observational methods were used to collect participant perspectives on interface design and feedback on the workshop design process. 48 recruited participants identified several design principles and components of a patient-centred electronic medical record interface. Most participants indicated that an interactive timeline would be an appropriate way to depict a medical history. Several key principles and design components, including the use of specific colours and shapes for clinical events, were identified. Participants found the workshop design process utilised to be useful, interesting, enjoyable and beneficial to their understanding of the challenges of information exchange in healthcare. Patients and the public should be involved in EHR interface design if these systems are to be suitable for use by patient-users. Workshops, as used in this study, can provide an engaging format for patient design input. Design principles and components highlighted in this study should be considered when patient-facing EHR design interfaces are being developed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 89 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 11%
Other 5 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 4%
Student > Bachelor 4 4%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 40 45%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 10%
Computer Science 9 10%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 4%
Social Sciences 4 4%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 41 46%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2021.
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#1,270,989
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#53
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