Improving Usability of Health Information Technology.

The article comments on a report on the challenges in the usability of health information technology (HIT) and potential ways to improve the design of electronic health records (EHR). Topics discussed include the need to consider clinicians and patients who interact with EHR when creating a user-friendly design, EHR design not considering user disabilities and medical students' request for accommodations for various disabilities and barriers to their use of EHR.