“In response to the growing need for understanding the usability of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), User Centric (www.usercentric.com) launches the first syndicated user performance research designed to provide end-users with real data on the usability of EHR applications.
One of the key limiting factors to adoption now is usability. Up to now the focus for comparing EHRs has been on functionality, and CCHIT’s expansive list of nearly 500 functions. Many of these functions do not apply to many practices or specialties. CCHIT evaluations make no comment on how “usable” these functions are across vendors. Neither CCHIT nor the governmental bodies has taken the lead on ensuring that the applications are usable by providers in the busy practice of medicine.”
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PRNewswire, 7 April 2009
