Cognitive Evaluation of an Innovative Psychiatric Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System

Trevor Cohen, David Kaufman, Thomas White, Gerald Segal, Amy Bennett Staub, Vimla Patel, Molly Finnerty

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Abstract

Psychiatric Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System (PSYCKES) is an innovative information system that presents patient medication history in tabular and graphical form. The system is designed to support therapeutic decision making. In this paper, we present a multifaceted cognitive evaluation of this system. The evaluation includes a cognitive walkthrough which is a task-analytic method for usability evaluation. We also conducted cognitive studies of two trainee and two attending psychiatrists using the system. One of the attending subjects is presented as a case study. An objective of this research is to characterize the way PSYCKES mediates reasoning. The study found that clinicians were able to use the system effectively to extract and coordinate information and draw appropriate inferences. The expert clinicians were better able to construct a coherent patient representation. The study also documented a few usability problems pertaining to the temporal integration of patient data. PSYCKES is a multifaceted tool that can significantly enhance therapeutic decision making.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
EditorsMarius Fieschi, Enrico W. Coiera, Yu-Chuan Li
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages1295-1299
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)1586034448, 9781586034443
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event11th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MEDINFO 2004 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Sep 7 2004Sep 11 2004

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume107
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Conference

Conference11th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MEDINFO 2004
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period9/7/049/11/04

Keywords

  • Cognitive Engineering
  • Decision Support
  • Psychiatry
  • Usability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

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