David Blumenthal (the new National Coordinator for Health IT) and Mark Leavitt (the chair of their certification commission) are suggesting in today's Wall Street Journal that user experience be included in the certification criteria for electronic health records (EHRs) that will be eligible for $17 billion in federal incentive payments.
>From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027664223937475.html: "The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT currently certifies EHR systems now available on the market, based on whether they are interoperable and have certain functions. However, Blumenthal said that having certain functions is not enough. He added, 'We need to ensure that physicians can actually use it.' CCHIT Chair Mark Leavitt said the group is considering a revision of the certification criteria to include users' experiences." Any idea how they might approach "certifying" usability in a meaningful way? Impossible? -Jon ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
