Electronic Health Record Vendor Adherence to Usability Certification Requirements and Testing Standards Manyelectronichealthrecords (EHRs)havepoorusability, leading to user frustration and safety risks.1 Usability is the extent to which the technology helps users achieve their goals in a satisfying, effective, and efficient manner within the constraints and complexities of their work environmen...

OBJECTIVE To provide formulas for estimating notifiable disease reporting volume from 'meaningful use' electronic laboratory reporting (ELR). METHODS We analyzed two years of comprehensive ELR reporting data from 15 metropolitan hospitals and laboratories. Report volumes were divided by population counts to derive generalizable estimators. RESULTS Observed volume of notifiable disease repor...

We often describe lives (or parts of lives) as meaningful or as not meaningful. It is also common to characterize them as more or less meaningful. Some lives, we tend to think, are more meaningful than others. But how then can one compare lives with respect to how much meaning they contain? Can one? This paper argues that (i) only a notion of rough equality can be used when comparing different ...