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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Appl Clin Inform 2022; 13(04): 961-970
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757553
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Developing the VA Geriatric Scholars Programs' Clinical Dashboards Using the PDSA Framework for Quality Improvement

Zachary Burningham
1   Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
2   Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Centers of Innovation (COIN), Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
,
Regina Richter Lagha
3   Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
,
Brittany Duford-Hutchinson
2   Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Centers of Innovation (COIN), Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
,
Carol Callaway-Lane
4   Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
,
Brian C. Sauer
1   Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
2   Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Centers of Innovation (COIN), Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
,
Ahmad S. Halwani
2   Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Centers of Innovation (COIN), Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
5   Department of Hematology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
,
Jamie Bell
1   Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
2   Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Centers of Innovation (COIN), Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
,
Tina Huynh
1   Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
2   Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Centers of Innovation (COIN), Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
,
Joseph R. Douglas
3   Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
,
B. Josea Kramer
3   Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
6   Division of Geriatric Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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Funding This work was supported by a Promising Practice award from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health and by the resources and use of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs facilities at the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and the Salt Lake City Health Care System.
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Abstract

Background Involving clinician end users in the development process of clinical dashboards is important to ensure that user needs are adequately met prior to releasing the dashboard for use. The challenge with following this approach is that clinician end users can undergo periodic turnover, meaning, the clinicians that played a role in the initial development process may not be the same individuals that use the dashboard in future.

Objectives Here, we summarize our Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA)-guided clinical dashboard development process for the VA Geriatric Scholars Program (GSP) and the value of continuous, iterative development. We summarize dashboard adaptations that resulted from two PDSA cycles of improvement for the potentially inappropriate medication dashboard (PIMD), one of many Geriatric Scholars clinical dashboards. We also present the evaluative performance of the PIMD.

Methods Evaluation of the PIMD was performed using the system usability scale (SUS) and through review of user interaction logs. Routine end users that were Geriatric Scholars and had evidence of 5 or more dashboard views were invited to complete an electronic form that contained the 10-item SUS.

Results The proportion of Geriatric Scholars that utilized the PIMD increased for each iterative dashboard version that was produced as a byproduct from feedback (31.0% in 2017 to 60.2% in 2019). The overall usability of the PIMD among routine users was found to be above average (SUS score: 75.2 [95% CI 70.5–79.8]) in comparison to the recommended standard of acceptability (SUS score: 68)

Conclusion The solicitation of feedback during dashboard orientations led to iterative adaptations of the PIMD that broadened its intended use. The presented PDSA-guided process to clinical dashboard development for the VA GSP can serve as a valuable framework for development teams seeking to produce well-adopted and usable health information technology (IT) innovations.

Keywords

visualization - American Geriatrics Society - clinical dashboard - early-stage usability - dashboard - electronic health record - quality improvement


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Eingereicht: 20. Mai 2022

Angenommen: 05. August 2022

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