TY - GEN
T1 - Usability evaluation of family physicians' interaction with the comorbidity ontological modeling and execution system (COMET)
AU - Abidi, Samina R.
AU - Stewart, Samuel
AU - Shepherd, Michael
AU - Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Objective: To assess how well the COMET system meets the functional goals and usability needs of family physicians (FP) for the management of patients who have comorbid chronic heart failure (CHF) and atrial fibrillation (AF). Design: Nonexperimental post-interaction Think Aloud Sessions and survey involving Likert scale questionnaires. Participants: Licensed Family Physicians in Nova Scotia. Intervention: A clinical decision support tool called 'COMET-Co-morbidity Ontological Modeling & ExecuTion'. COMET's main purpose is to provide evidence-based recommendations for the management of patients with co-morbid CHF-AF in a family practice setting. Results: Our study suggested that although the participant family physicians are potential users of the clinical decision support software like COMET, the most common usability problems encountered are related to inadequate information content, navigation, and time and effort for data entry. We recommend that a field usability testing of a CDSS using think aloud protocols in conjunction with surveys is an effective method to uncover usability problems.
AB - Objective: To assess how well the COMET system meets the functional goals and usability needs of family physicians (FP) for the management of patients who have comorbid chronic heart failure (CHF) and atrial fibrillation (AF). Design: Nonexperimental post-interaction Think Aloud Sessions and survey involving Likert scale questionnaires. Participants: Licensed Family Physicians in Nova Scotia. Intervention: A clinical decision support tool called 'COMET-Co-morbidity Ontological Modeling & ExecuTion'. COMET's main purpose is to provide evidence-based recommendations for the management of patients with co-morbid CHF-AF in a family practice setting. Results: Our study suggested that although the participant family physicians are potential users of the clinical decision support software like COMET, the most common usability problems encountered are related to inadequate information content, navigation, and time and effort for data entry. We recommend that a field usability testing of a CDSS using think aloud protocols in conjunction with surveys is an effective method to uncover usability problems.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-447
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-447
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23920594
AN - SCOPUS:84894374382
SN - 9781614992882
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 447
EP - 451
BT - MEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2013
Y2 - 20 August 2013 through 23 August 2013
ER -