Terence Tang1, Morgan E Lim2, Elizabeth Mansfield3, Alexander McLachlan4, Sherman D Quan5. 1. Institute for Better Health and Program of Medicine, Trillium Health Partners, 100 Queensway West, Clinical Administrative Building, 6th floor, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 1B8, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: terence.tang@utoronto.ca. 2. Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3. Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 4. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 5. Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: User involvement is vital to the success of health information technology implementation. However, involving clinician users effectively and meaningfully in complex healthcare organizations remains challenging. The objective of this paper is to share our real-world experience of applying a variety of user involvement methods in the design and implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform aimed at facilitating care of complex hospitalized patients by an interprofessional team of clinicians. METHODS: We designed and implemented an electronic clinical communication and collaboration platform in a large community teaching hospital. The design team consisted of both technical and healthcare professionals. Agile software development methodology was used to facilitate rapid iterative design and user input. We involved clinician users at all stages of the development lifecycle using a variety of user-centered, user co-design, and participatory design methods. RESULTS: Thirty-six software releases were delivered over 24 months. User involvement has resulted in improvement in user interface design, identification of software defects, creation of new modules that facilitated workflow, and identification of necessary changes to the scope of the project early on. CONCLUSION: A variety of user involvement methods were complementary and benefited the design and implementation of a complex health IT solution. Combining these methods with agile software development methodology can turn designs into functioning clinical system to support iterative improvement.
OBJECTIVES: User involvement is vital to the success of health information technology implementation. However, involving clinician users effectively and meaningfully in complex healthcare organizations remains challenging. The objective of this paper is to share our real-world experience of applying a variety of user involvement methods in the design and implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform aimed at facilitating care of complex hospitalized patients by an interprofessional team of clinicians. METHODS: We designed and implemented an electronic clinical communication and collaboration platform in a large community teaching hospital. The design team consisted of both technical and healthcare professionals. Agile software development methodology was used to facilitate rapid iterative design and user input. We involved clinician users at all stages of the development lifecycle using a variety of user-centered, user co-design, and participatory design methods. RESULTS: Thirty-six software releases were delivered over 24 months. User involvement has resulted in improvement in user interface design, identification of software defects, creation of new modules that facilitated workflow, and identification of necessary changes to the scope of the project early on. CONCLUSION: A variety of user involvement methods were complementary and benefited the design and implementation of a complex health IT solution. Combining these methods with agile software development methodology can turn designs into functioning clinical system to support iterative improvement.
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