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Participatory design for drug-drug interaction alerts
Fecha
2015-01Registro en:
Luna, Daniel Roberto; Otero, Carlos Martin; Almerares, Alfredo; Stanziola, Enrique Luis; Risk, Marcelo; et al.; Participatory design for drug-drug interaction alerts; IOS Press; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; 210; 1-2015; 45-49
0926-9630
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Luna, Daniel Roberto
Otero, Carlos Martin
Almerares, Alfredo
Stanziola, Enrique Luis
Risk, Marcelo
González Bernaldo De Quirós, Fernán
Resumen
The utilization of decision support systems, in the point of care, to alert drug-drug interactions has been shown to improve quality of care. Still, the use of these systems has not been as expected, it is believed, because of the difficulties in their knowledge databases; errors in the generation of the alerts and the lack of a suitable design. This study expands on the development of alerts using participatory design techniques based on user centered design process. This work was undertaken in three stages (inquiry, participatory design and usability testing) it showed that the use of these techniques improves satisfaction, effectiveness and efficiency in an alert system for drug-drug interactions, a fact that was evident in specific situations such as the decrease of errors to meet the specified task, the time, the workload optimization and users overall satisfaction in the system.