Usability

AHRQ’s usability research focuses on how to design and implement electronic health records (EHRs) so that they are more intuitive to use and more readily support clinical workflow. Two areas of research, supported by the AHRQ projects below, are how to effectively reduce documentation burden for physicians and how to make data within EHRs more usable for clinical decision-making.

Related Funded Projects

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Project Name Contract/Grant Number Principal Investigator Start Date End Date
Anesthesiology Control Tower: Feedback Alerts to Supplement Treatment (ACTFAST) R21 HS024581 Avidan, Michael April 1, 2017 March 31, 2019
Development of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Facilitating Naturalistic Decision-Making and Improving Blood Culture Utilization R21 HS025238 Xie, Anping April 1, 2017 March 31, 2019
Ambulatory Clinic Exam Room Design With Respect to Computing Devices to Enhance Patient Centeredness R03 HS024488 Saleem, Jason J. September 30, 2016 August 29, 2017
Optimal Methods for Notifying Clinicians About Epilepsy Surgery Patients R21 HS024977 Dexheimer, Judith W. September 30, 2016 September 29, 2018
Enhancing Clinical Decision Support Applications for Community Pharmacist-Delivered Medication Therapy Management R21 HS025005 Snyder, Margie E. September 13, 2016 August 31, 2018
Improving Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease in the Emergency Department Using Cognitive Informatics Tools K08 HS024598 Wasson, Lauren September 1, 2016 August 31, 2021
Using the Electronic Health Record To Identify Children Likely To Suffer Last-Minute Surgery Cancellation R21 HS024983 Pratap, Jayant September 1, 2016 August 31, 2018
Development and Evaluation of Sociotechnical Metrics To Inform Health IT Adaptation R21 HS024767 Yen, Po-Yin August 1, 2016 July 31, 2018
Evidence-based Contingency Planning for Electronic Health Record Downtime R21 HS024350 Wernz, Christian August 1, 2016 July 31, 2018
Enhancing an EMR-Based Real-Time Sepsis Alert System Performance Through Machine Learning R21 HS024750 Sherwin, Robert June 1, 2016 May 31, 2018

Related Publications

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Publication Name Publication Year Project Name Contract/Grant Number Principal Investigator
A mixed methods study of how clinician ‘super users’ influence others during the implementation of electronic health records. 2015 Understanding How Social Influence and Social Networks Affect Electronic Medical Record Implementation R36 HS022201 Yuan, Christina
Automated telephone self-management support for diabetes in low-income health plan: a health care utilization and cost analysis. 2015 Harnessing Health Information Technology for Self-Management Support and Medication Activation in a Medicaid Health Plan R18 HS017261 Schillinger, Dean
Data standards to support health information exchange between poison control centers and emergency departments. 2015 Electronic Exchange of Poisoning Information R01 HS021472 Cummins, Mollie Rebecca
Graphical display of diagnostic test results in electronic health records: a comparison of 8 systems. 2015 Decision Making and Clinical Work of Test Result Follow-up in Health Information Technology Settings R01 HS022087 Singh, Hardeep
Health IT-Enabled Care Coordination and Redesign in Tennessee - Final Report 2015 Using Health Information Technology in Practice Redesign: Impact of Health Information Technology on Workflow 290-10-00024I-4 Wald, Jonathan S.
How Do You Define Regional? The Geography of Health Information Exchange - Final Report 2015 How Do You Define Regional? The Geography of Health Information Exchange R03 HS020304 Vest, Joshua Ryan
Informing Consumer Health Information Technology Design: How Patients Use Social Networking Sites - Final Report 2015 Informing Consumer Health Information Technology Design: How Patients Use Social Networking Sites R03 HS022930 Valdez, Rupa Sheth
Lack of timely follow-up of abnormal imaging results and radiologists’ recommendations. 2015 Decision Making and Clinical Work of Test Result Follow-up in Health Information Technology Settings R01 HS022087 Singh, Hardeep
Making background work visible: opportunities to address patient information needs in the hospital. 2015 Patients as Safeguards: Understanding the Information Needs of Hospitalized Patients R01 HS022894 Pratt, Wanda
More than telemonitoring: health provider use and nonuse of life-log data in irritable bowel syndrome and weight management. 2015 Sharing Patient Lifelog Data With the Primary Care Team for Two Patient Populations: Preventative Care & Chronic Disease Management R21 HS023654 Munson, Sean