Practitioner-Customizable Clinical Information Systems: A Case Study to Ground Further Research and Development Opportunities

The uptake of electronic records and information technology support in intensive care medicine has been slower than many people predicted. One of the engineering challenges to overcome has been the subtle, but important, variation in clinical practice in different units. A relatively recent innovati...

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Main Authors: Cecily Morrison, Alan F. Blackwell, Alain Vuylsteke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.1.3.297
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spelling doaj-805648a1a5dd45498fc3715d5efe54172020-11-25T00:29:09ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Healthcare Engineering2040-22952010-01-011329731410.1260/2040-2295.1.3.297Practitioner-Customizable Clinical Information Systems: A Case Study to Ground Further Research and Development OpportunitiesCecily Morrison0Alan F. Blackwell1Alain Vuylsteke2Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UKComputer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UKPapworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB23 3RE, UKThe uptake of electronic records and information technology support in intensive care medicine has been slower than many people predicted. One of the engineering challenges to overcome has been the subtle, but important, variation in clinical practice in different units. A relatively recent innovation that addresses this challenge is practitioner-customizable clinical information systems, allowing clinicians wide scope in adjusting their systems to suit their clinical practice. However, these systems present a significant design challenge, not only of added technical complexity, but in providing tools that support clinicians in doing many of the tasks of a software engineer. This paper reviews the use of a commercially available clinical information system that is intended to be practitioner-customizable, and considers the further design and development of tools to support healthcare practitioners doing end-user customization on their own clinical information systems.http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.1.3.297
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title_short Practitioner-Customizable Clinical Information Systems: A Case Study to Ground Further Research and Development Opportunities
title_full Practitioner-Customizable Clinical Information Systems: A Case Study to Ground Further Research and Development Opportunities
title_fullStr Practitioner-Customizable Clinical Information Systems: A Case Study to Ground Further Research and Development Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Practitioner-Customizable Clinical Information Systems: A Case Study to Ground Further Research and Development Opportunities
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series Journal of Healthcare Engineering
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publishDate 2010-01-01
description The uptake of electronic records and information technology support in intensive care medicine has been slower than many people predicted. One of the engineering challenges to overcome has been the subtle, but important, variation in clinical practice in different units. A relatively recent innovation that addresses this challenge is practitioner-customizable clinical information systems, allowing clinicians wide scope in adjusting their systems to suit their clinical practice. However, these systems present a significant design challenge, not only of added technical complexity, but in providing tools that support clinicians in doing many of the tasks of a software engineer. This paper reviews the use of a commercially available clinical information system that is intended to be practitioner-customizable, and considers the further design and development of tools to support healthcare practitioners doing end-user customization on their own clinical information systems.
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