Assessing the Relationships between Task Demand, Task Difficulty and Performance during Physicians' Interaction with EHR systems

The study’s aim was to relate task demand, task difficulty with performance during physicians’ interaction with electronic health records (EHR) system. The results indicated that there was a significant effect of task demands on task difficulty and performance; task difficulty was also related to performance. Practically, the results suggest that EHR designers might be able to positively affect physicians’ performance by enhancing usability of interfaces aimed at directing physician’ EHR-related interaction strategies.Master of Science in Information Scienc