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Do user preferences align with human factors assessment scores of drug–drug interaction alerts?
- Source :
- Health Informatics Journal; Mar2020, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p563-575, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This study aimed to assess drug–drug interaction alert interfaces and to examine the relationship between compliance with human factors principles and user-preferences of alerts. Three reviewers independently evaluated drug–drug interaction alert interfaces in seven electronic systems using the Instrument-for-Evaluating-Human-Factors-Principles-in-Medication-Related-Decision-Support-Alerts (I-MeDeSA). Fifty-three doctors and pharmacists completed a survey to rate the alert interfaces from best to worst and reported on liked and disliked features. Human factors compliance and user-preferences of alerts were compared. Statistical analysis revealed no significant association between I-MeDeSA scores and user-preferences. However, the strengths and weaknesses of drug–drug interaction alerts from users' perspectives were in-line with the human factors constructs evaluated by the I-MeDeSA. I-MeDeSA in its current form, is unable to identify alerts that are preferred by the users. The design principles assessed by I-MeDeSA appear to be sound, but its arbitrary allocation of points to each human factors construct may not reflect the relative importance that the end-users place on different aspects of alert design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MEDICATION error prevention
CONFIDENCE intervals
DECISION support systems
DRUG delivery systems
DRUG interactions
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL databases
RESEARCH funding
SURVEYS
USER interfaces
SOFTWARE architecture
USER-centered system design
DATA analysis software
ELECTRONIC health records
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14604582
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Informatics Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143231239
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458219840210