Assessment Description
The purpose of this assignment is to explain the principles of design usability and analyze the impact of human factors on electronic applications for health care systems.
Write a 750-1,000-word paper on the usability of health informatics applications. Include the following:
- Describe an example of an electronic health record (EHR) application used in a health care setting.
- Describe the key elements of design usability for that application by reducing data errors and improving data integrity.
- Compare human factors and heuristic principles and discuss how they affect the chosen EHR application.
- Recommend an improvement to the chosen electronic application.
- Provide a rationale for the suggested improvement based on knowledge of design usability.
Support your findings with a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
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This assignment aligns to the following AMIA 2017 Core Competencies for Health Informatics Curricula at the master’s degree level:
F1: Health: Shows How
F2: Information Science and Technology: Shows How
F3: Social and Behavioral Science: Shows How
F4: Health Information Science and Technology: Shows How
F5: Human Factors and Socio‐Technical Systems: Shows How