Abstract
There was no standard to evaluate the functions of electronic patient record(EPR) systems. This is a major obstacle to develop the “easy to use” EPR system. We developed “card type EPR system” by adding flexible interface layer to basic EPR system provided by the vender, that can change the input and output layouts and functions of EPR system, very easily as users need. We have been used this EPR system in out-patient consultation for three years. This paper considers the standard to evaluate the level of “easiness” to use the electronic patient record and compared “card type EPR system” and the basic EPR system. Both systems satisfy enough items in the general indicator, which is necessary to electronic patient records. Otherwise, in the 35 points relating to the user interface, 29 points satisfied in the “card type patient record system”, and 16 points in the basic system. We conclude that the “card type electronic patient record system” compensates the deficiency of the basic electronic patient record system and improves the usability.
