Midwives´s View of the iPana Maternity´s Digital Solutions Usability
Karvonen, Anna-Leena (2022)
Karvonen, Anna-Leena
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205047080
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202205047080
Tiivistelmä
EHRs are part of the health care professionals´ daily tools. The PHPs make it possible for patients to be involved in the care. The challenges of the usability of the systems, from the professional end-user point of view, have been awakened. The objective was to map the midwives´ perceptions of the usability of the iPana Maternity system´s digital solutions. The purpose was to find out how the midwives evaluate the usability, which functions support the work, and what should be improved. Usability was examined through Jakob Nielsen's usability features.
The quantitative survey was done between 18.11.-6.12.2021, in the Pirkanmaa Hospital District. The questionnaire was sent to 100 TAUH delivery unit, pregnancy emergency, obstetric ward, and maternity policlinic midwives. The answer present was 37.
Features that supported the work of midwives were learning how to use the system, remembering the use, and finding information and terminology about efficiency features. The main improvement needs were about efficiency feature. These were performing routine tasks, integration, noticing abnormal values, and double documenting. This thesis provided an overview of the end-users’ perceptions. Some of the results can be used directly in the development of the system. However, further research is needed to address usability challenges in greater depth.
The quantitative survey was done between 18.11.-6.12.2021, in the Pirkanmaa Hospital District. The questionnaire was sent to 100 TAUH delivery unit, pregnancy emergency, obstetric ward, and maternity policlinic midwives. The answer present was 37.
Features that supported the work of midwives were learning how to use the system, remembering the use, and finding information and terminology about efficiency features. The main improvement needs were about efficiency feature. These were performing routine tasks, integration, noticing abnormal values, and double documenting. This thesis provided an overview of the end-users’ perceptions. Some of the results can be used directly in the development of the system. However, further research is needed to address usability challenges in greater depth.