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Context and Meaning in EHR Displays

  • University of Ottawa
  • University of Pennsylvania

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Abstract

Many Electronic Health Record (EHRs) data displays are insensitive to their settings, contexts, and to clinicians' needs. Yet, the contexts in which the data are displayed critically affect EHR usability and patient safety. Medication prescribing is a complex task; especially sensitive to contextual variation in EHR displays as vast variations in formats and logic are often unnecessarily confusing, leading to unwanted cognitive burdens and medical errors. With examples of EHR screenshots, we illustrate contextual variations in medication and allergy displays across different EHR systems and implementations - noting often seemingly haphazard differences that can lead to misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContext Sensitive Health Informatics
Subtitle of host publicationSustainability in Dynamic Ecosystems
EditorsRomaric Marcilly, Craig E. Kuziemsky, Christian Nohr, Sylvia Pelayo
PublisherIOS Press
Pages69-73
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781643680040
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume265

Keywords

  • Context
  • Data display
  • Electronic health records
  • Medical errors

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