TY - GEN
T1 - Physicians perceptions of an educational support system integrated into an electronic health record
AU - Borbolla, Damian
AU - Gorman, Paul
AU - Del Fiol, Guilherme
AU - Mohan, Vishnu
AU - Hersh, William
AU - Otero, Carlos
AU - Luna, Daniel
AU - Gonzalez Bernaldo De Quiros, Fernan
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions by physicians of an educational system integrated into an electronic health record (EHR). Traditional approaches to continuous medical education (CME) have not shown improvement in patient health care outcomes. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA) has implemented a system that embeds information pearls into the EHR, providing learning opportunities that are integrated into the patient care process. This study explores the acceptability and general perceptions of the system by physicians when they are in the consulting room. We interviewed 12 physicians after one or two weeks of using this CME system and we performed a thematic analysis of these interviews. The themes that emerged were use and ease of use of the system; value physicians gave to the system; educational impact on physicians; respect for the individual learning styles; content available in the system; and barriers that were present or absent for using the CME system. We found that the integrated CME system developed at HIBA was well accepted and perceived: useful and easy to use. Future work will involve modifications to the system interface, expansion of the content offered and further evaluation.
AB - The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions by physicians of an educational system integrated into an electronic health record (EHR). Traditional approaches to continuous medical education (CME) have not shown improvement in patient health care outcomes. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA) has implemented a system that embeds information pearls into the EHR, providing learning opportunities that are integrated into the patient care process. This study explores the acceptability and general perceptions of the system by physicians when they are in the consulting room. We interviewed 12 physicians after one or two weeks of using this CME system and we performed a thematic analysis of these interviews. The themes that emerged were use and ease of use of the system; value physicians gave to the system; educational impact on physicians; respect for the individual learning styles; content available in the system; and barriers that were present or absent for using the CME system. We found that the integrated CME system developed at HIBA was well accepted and perceived: useful and easy to use. Future work will involve modifications to the system interface, expansion of the content offered and further evaluation.
KW - Continuous professional development
KW - Decision support system
KW - Electronic health record
KW - Information pearl
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-240-0-125
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-240-0-125
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 23542982
AN - SCOPUS:84886772703
SN - 9781614992394
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 125
EP - 129
BT - Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 13th EFMI Special Topic Conference: Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support, EFMI STC 2013
Y2 - 17 April 2013 through 19 April 2013
ER -