Human Factors in the Large: Experiences from Denmark, Finland and Canada in Moving Towards Regional and National Evaluations of Health Information System Usability

A. Kushniruk; J. Kaipio; M. Nieminen; H. Hyppönen; T. Lääveri; C. Nohr; A. M. Kanstrup; M. Berg Christiansen; M.-H. Kuo; E. Borycki

doi:10.15265/IY-2014-0023

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2014; 23(01): 67-81
DOI: 10.15265/IY-2014-0023

Original Article

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Human Factors in the Large: Experiences from Denmark, Finland and Canada in Moving Towards Regional and National Evaluations of Health Information System Usability

Contribution of the IMIA Human Factors Working Group

A. Kushniruk

¹School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

⁵Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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J. Kaipio

²Strategic Usability Research Group, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

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M. Nieminen

²Strategic Usability Research Group, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

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H. Hyppönen

³Information Department, National Institute of Health and Welfare THL, Helsinki, Finland

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T. Lääveri

⁴Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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C. Nohr

⁵Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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A. M. Kanstrup

⁶Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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M. Berg Christiansen

⁵Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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M.-H. Kuo

¹School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

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E. Borycki

¹School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

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Health informatics - human factors - usability - health information systems - evaluation

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