NR543 2022 November Week 6 Assignment Latest

NR543 Information Workflow in Healthcare

Week 6 Assignment  

Usability Assessment

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to

recognize the role of usability considerations in the design, use, and acceptance of technology;

identify features that impact usability; and

compare the merits of different usability-assessment methods.

Due Date: Submit to the Dropbox basket by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 6.

Students are given the opportunity to request an extension on assignments for emergent situations. Supporting documentation must be submitted to the assigned faculty. If the student’s request is not approved, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

Requirements

Select a software application, preferably an information system that you currently use in your work setting, to assess usability. You may personally test the application or solicit the participation of another party. You have the option to do one of the following:

Address a list of questions that you create or adopt from a source that you will identify.

Ask another party, via guided discussion, to assess the usability of the specified function/information system.

Observe a user completing the identified function, noting the length of time required for completion, any obstacles, and at the conclusion of the task, ask for an impression on usability/issues. If you do not currently have access to an automated system, then speak with your instructor to determine a mutually agreeable alternative.

You may wish to use the following reference to formulate your list of questions/observations:

Lowry, S. Z., Ramaiah, M., Taylor, S., Patterson, E. S., Prettyman, S.S., Simmons, D., Brick, D., Latkany, P., & Q Gibbons, M. C. (2015). Technical evaluation, testing and validation of the usability of electronic health record: empirically based use cases for validating safety-enhanced usability and guidelines for standardization. Retrieved from https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2015/NIST.IR.7804-1.pdfLinks to an external site.

 

Preparing the Paper

Required texts may be used as additional references.

All aspects of the paper must be in APA format as expressed in the current edition.

The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) should not be longer than 5 pages.

Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, format of the text, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA.

Minimum number of scholarly references is: three (3).