A multi-disciplinary approach to a user interface for structured data entry.

Physician data entry (PDE) is still an obstacle to the adoption of a CPR that replaces the paper chart. Most interfaces have been designed primarily on the basis of the functional requirements. Few studies document methods to elicit interface preferences from the clinician-user. We used insights from the fields of both medicine and Human Computer Interfaces to explore interface alternatives for structured data entry (SDE). We present and discuss three designs as alternatives for the SDE module in ORCA (Open Record for CAre). The methodology is applied to SDE in particular, but many aspects also apply to CPRs in general.