The Patient File contains the Patient Chart & Patient Workflows. The design of the first is generalizable, the second is use case specific.
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Primary Purpose of the EHR HOME screen
In a clinical EHR, the first job of the HOME screen is to be bypassed quickly to get the PATIENT FILE open
Simple EHR workflow: only 2 screens
The entire EHR can be reduced down to two parts: (1) HOME: patient identification, & (2) PATIENT FILE: see info, enter info
The 3 (+1) essential tasks of an EHR
The thousands of tasks in an EHR can be simplified into three major clinical tasks. This simplicity is helpful to understand an EHR’s first principles.
Slow electronic health records: two root problems
EHR performance speed is very important to the user experience; but their are two very different sources for the cause of slowdowns.
Make the EHR immediately useful for users
Start with features that are immediately useful to the clinician logged into the EHR. Do not start by promoting delayed benefits for others.
Healthcare in America is fragmented for patients, caregivers, providers, payers, and the public. Herein lies the opportunity.
What is design? How design evolves. Design tips for software developers
The Role of Design in Electronic Health Records: Past, Present, & Future
How bad really is the state of many EHRs today? What design problems will EHRs face in the future? Design must achieve a purpose. What is the purpose of an EHR?
OpenMRS 3 - Benefits of modularity in an open-source Electronic Health Record
See how modular design in an electronic healthcare platform can improve an organization & the software they create
Order Entry UX - First principles: Order + Action
How does Orders & Action connect? Why is healthcare fragmented? (EHR Order Entry, Part 5)
Order Entry UX - First principles: Knowledge + Order
How does Knowledge & Orders connect? (EHR Order Entry, Part 4)
Order Entry UX - Order Selection vs Order Customization
Many tools for Order Selection. One tool for Order Customization (EHR Order Entry, Part 3)
Order Entry UX - Examples of EHR Order Entry & Order Sentences
Examples of order entry UX in medical records (EHR Order Entry, Part 2)
General requirements for a medication order entry system (EHR Order Entry, Part 1)
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EHR Design - OpenMRS Lightning Talk (Dec 2018)
5 minute lightning talk on electronic health record design
UX Teardown - Twitter's new Desktop design (Jan 2019)
Side-by-side in depth (1h30min) comparison of old vs new Twitter desktop version (Jan 2019).
Workflows - 3 Levels of Complexity
#EHR workflows should be assigned in real-time, based on the patient’s issues and resources available.
Concept Electronic Health Record - April 2016
Cool EHR user interface mockups - The Concept Electronic Health Record - April 2016