Background
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are known to reduce medical errors and store comprehensive patient information, and they also impact the physician-patient interaction during clinical encounters. This study reviewed the literature to (1) identify the most common challenges to patient-physician relations while using an EHR during a clinical visit, (2) discuss limitations of the research methodologies employed, and (3) suggest future research directions related to addressing human computer interaction issues when physicians use an EHR in clinical encounters.
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- Cognitive Load
- Electronic Health Record
- Clinical Encounter
- Clinical Information System
- Cognitive Load Theory
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Clarke, M.A., Steege, L.M., Moore, J.L., Belden, J.L., Koopman, R.J., Kim, M.S. (2013). Addressing Human Computer Interaction Issues of Electronic Health Record in Clinical Encounters. In: Marcus, A. (eds) Design, User Experience, and Usability. Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience. DUXU 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8013. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39241-2_42
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