Optimization of a research web environment for academic internal medicine faculty.
Usability evaluations are a powerful tool that can assist developers in their efforts to optimize the quality of their web environment. This underutilized, experimental method can serve to move applications toward true user-centered design. This article describes the usability methodology and illustrates its importance and application by describing a usability study undertaken at the Mayo Clinic for the purpose of improving an academic research web environment. Academic institutions struggling in [...]
Author(s): Elkin, Peter L, Sorensen, Barb, De Palo, Diane, Poland, Greg, Bailey, Kent R, Wood, Douglas L, LaRusso, Nicholas F
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m0967