Enhancing Usability in Healthcare IT

Date: 8/27/2020

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Today we welcome Emily Patterson. Emily is an associate professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the Ohio State University. She is known for her application of naturalistic decision making and cognitive engineering in health care. She did groundbreaking work in bar code medication administration when that technology was new, highlighting unintended consequences and making recommendations to improve the integration of new technologies into workflow. She co-authored the national standard for the summative usability testing methodology for ensuring the safety of electronic health records published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

She has conducted applied research on clinical reminders, alarms, and transitions of care with a focus on improving the efficiency, usability, and accuracy of clinical documentation in electronic health records.

Where to find Emily:

The Ohio State University 

Usability and User Experience in Health Care certificate program 

NISTIR 7804: Technical Evaluation, Testing, and Validation of the Usability of Electronic Health Records

Macrocognition Metrics and Scenario: Design and Evaluation for Real-World Teams 

Learn more about NDM:

NaturalisticDecisionMaking.org

Where to find hosts Brian Moon and Laura Militello:

Brian’s website

Brian’s LinkedIn

Brian’s Twitter

Laura’s website

Laura’s LinkedIn

Laura’s Twitter