HIT Usability and Design Challenges
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HIT Usability and Design Challenges
Reflect on your experiences with the integration of new technology. How have these implementations affected the procedures that you perform at work? As the end user, it can be easy to overlook all of the important decisions that went into the finished product that you see before you. In looking at the final data management screens, you may find yourself at the crossroads of two options. You may either 1) be ecstatic about the needed change that this system brought, or 2) frustrated because you feel the system brings new hurdles into your already busy day. If you have ever experienced the latter option, the comment “I could have implemented a better system than this” may resonate strongly with you. Though research agrees that user input assists HIT designers, the development and implementation of new systems is not as straightforward as it may appear. HIT development teams find themselves in constant phases of trial and error as they strive to meet the needs of all users within the proposed development timeline. Failure to achieve promised usability benefits can lead to increased costs and job complications. Applying effective strategies to overcome usability challenges is essential.
In this week’s Discussion, you move from the standpoint of the “ outsider looking in” (end user) and place yourself into a real-world implementation example. To complete this Discussion, you evaluate a case study to determine where the implementation process took a wrong turn. Use this week’s Learning Resources to propose changes that could have put this operation on the road to success.
To prepare:
Review the Learning Resources, focusing on the TIGER Usability and Clinical Application Design Collaborative.
Consider the “Best Practice Exemplars” provided in the course text Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet.
Review “Case Study 1: A Usability and Clinical Application Design Challenge” presented on page 238 of the course text Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet.
Determine the causes of the noted usability challenges (i.e., human factors, ergonomics, human-computer interaction), as well as potential usability concerns experienced by staff during implementation. Consider the possible design failures that lead to the usability challenges.
What strategies might you employ to overcome these HIT usability challenges and concerns?
By Day 3 post a cohesive response to the following:
Place yourself in the role of the clinical administrator tasked with implementing the case study’s new health information technology system.
Evaluate the usability challenges that you faced during implementation as well as the factors that caused these challenges.
Determine whether these challenges were a result of implementation or design.
Formulate strategies for overcoming these usability challenges.
Required Resources
This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning Resources.
Readings
Course Text: Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet
Chapter 14, “Usability and Clinical Application Design”
This chapter begins by defining the terms usability and application design as they are used in the field of nursing informatics. The authors then describe the literature review and analytic process that the TIGER Collaborative group underwent to positively transform the development of HIT systems.
Article: Gruber, D., Cummings, G. G., LeBlanc, L., & Smith, D. L. (2009). Factors influencing outcomes of clinical information systems implementation: A systematic review. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 27(3), 151–163.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Journals@Ovid Nursing Full Text Collection Plus database.
The authors analyze the outcomes of prior IT implementations to determine if certain strategies can guarantee success when launching new clinical information systems.
Article: Kaufman, D., Roberts, W. D., Merrill, J., Lai, T., & Bakken, S. (2006). Applying an evaluation framework for health information system design, development, and implementation. Nursing Research, 55(2, Suppl. 1), S37–S42.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Journals@Ovid Nursing Full Text Collection Plus database.
This article emphasizes the indispensable role of continuous evaluation throughout the development and real-time application of new information systems into the workplace.
Article: Schlotzer, A., & Madsen, M. (2010). Health information systems: Requirements and characteristics. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 151, 156–166.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the MEDLINE with Full Text database.
Use this article to examine the importance of focusing on sound design, interoperability of systems, and fulfillment of user needs when developing an effective database.
Required Resources
This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning Resources.
Readings
Course Text: Nursing Informatics: Where Technology and Caring Meet
Chapter 14, “Usability and Clinical Application Design”
This chapter begins by defining the terms usability and application design as they are used in the field of nursing informatics. The authors then describe the literature review and analytic process that the TIGER Collaborative group underwent to positively transform the development of HIT systems.
Article: Gruber, D., Cummings, G. G., LeBlanc, L., & Smith, D. L. (2009). Factors influencing outcomes of clinical information systems implementation: A systematic review. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 27(3), 151–163.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Journals@Ovid Nursing Full Text Collection Plus database.
The authors analyze the outcomes of prior IT implementations to determine if certain strategies can guarantee success when launching new clinical information systems.
Article: Kaufman, D., Roberts, W. D., Merrill, J., Lai, T., & Bakken, S. (2006). Applying an evaluation framework for health information system design, development, and implementation. Nursing Research, 55(2, Suppl. 1), S37–S42.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Journals@Ovid Nursing Full Text Collection Plus database.
This article emphasizes the indispensable role of continuous evaluation throughout the development and real-time application of new information systems into the workplace.
Article: Schlotzer, A., & Madsen, M. (2010). Health information systems: Requirements and characteristics. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 151, 156–166.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the MEDLINE with Full Text database.
Use this article to examine the importance of focusing on sound design, interoperability of systems, and fulfillment of user needs when developing an effective database.
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