Usability of a Web-based Software Tool for History Taking in the Emergency Department | Zendy

Johanna Frey Renggli | Zendy; Ceylan Eken | Zendy; Victoria Siegrist | Zendy; Ricardo Nieves Ortega | Zendy; C H Nickel | Zendy; Christiane Rosin | Zendy; Ralph Hertwig | Zendy; Roland Bingisser | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Usability of a Web-based Software Tool for History Taking in the Emergency Department

Author(s) -

Johanna Frey Renggli,

Ceylan Eken,

Victoria Siegrist,

Ricardo Nieves Ortega,

C H Nickel,

Christiane Rosin,

Ralph Hertwig,

Roland Bingisser

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

acute medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 1747-4892

pISSN - 1747-4884

DOI - 10.52964/amja.0816

Subject(s) - usability , medical history , emergency department , quality (philosophy) , web application , medicine , world wide web , medical emergency , medical education , psychology , computer science , nursing , human–computer interaction , surgery , philosophy , epistemology

Medical history taking is an important step within the diagnostic process. This study aims to assess the quality and usability (effectiveness, satisfaction, efficiency) of a web-based medical history taking app in the emergency department. During three weeks, patients and junior physicians filled out study questionnaires about the app. Senior physicians rated the quality of medical histories taken by junior physicians and app. In 241 patients, the studied app showed excellent usability with patients not in need of immediate medical attention. Senior physicians rated medical histories as more complete when app was used by patients in comparison to conventional history taking alone (p<0.01). Current app could not substitute medical history taking by physicians, but could definitely rather be used to gather ancillary information.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research