The principles, according to the AMIA, are:
1. Consistency — Design consistency and standards utilization
2. Visibility — System state visibility
3. Match — System and world match
4. Minimalism — Minimalist design
5. Memory — Memory load minimization
6. Feedback — Informative feedback
7. Flexibility — Flexible and customizable system
8. Message — Useful error messages
9. Error — Use error prevention
10. Closure — Clear closure
11. Reversibility — Reversible actions
12. Language — User language utilization
13. Control — User control
14. Documentation — Help and documentation
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AMIA’s 14 Usability Principles for EMR Design
The American Medical Informatics Association Task Force on
Usability has laid out 14 usability principles for the design of electronic
medical records as part of its report on enhancing patient safety by improving
usability of EHR systems in the Journal
of the American Medical Informatics Association.
The principles, according to the AMIA, are:
1. Consistency — Design consistency and standards
utilization
2. Visibility — System state visibility
3. Match — System and world match
4. Minimalism — Minimalist design
5. Memory — Memory load minimization
6. Feedback — Informative feedback
7. Flexibility — Flexible and customizable system
8. Message — Useful error messages
9. Error — Use error prevention
10. Closure — Clear closure
11. Reversibility — Reversible actions
12. Language — User language utilization
13. Control — User control
14. Documentation — Help and documentation
More Articles on EMR Usability:
10 Recommendations to Improve Usability of EHRs
5 Ways to Improve EHRs for Pediatric Providers
HIMSS Responds to Draft Guidance on Testing EHR Usability
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