Usability of a human factors-based clinical decision support in the emergency department: lessons learned for design and implementation.

Megan E Salwei; Peter Leonard Titus Hoonakker; Pascale Carayon; Douglas A. Wiegmann; Michael Pulia; Brian W Patterson

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Usability of a human factors-based clinical decision support in the emergency department: lessons learned for design and implementation.

May 11, 2022

Salwei ME, Hoonakker PLT, Carayon P, et al. Hum Factors. 2024;66(3):647-657.

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Clinical decision support (CDS) systems are designed to improve diagnosis. Researchers surveyed emergency department physicians about their evaluation of human factors-based CDS systems to improve diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Although perceived usability was high, use of the CDS tool in the real clinical environment was low; the authors identified several barriers to use, including lack of workflow integration.

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