Applying Human Factors Principles to Mitigate Usability Issues Related to Embedded Assumptions in Health Information Technology Design

Michael C Gibbons   ^{1, 2} , MD, MPH ;   Svetlana Z Lowry   ³ , PhD ;   Emily S Patterson   ⁴ , PhD

¹ Johns Hopkins University, Departments of Medicine, Public Health, and Health Informatics, Baltimore, MD, United States

² Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States

³ National Institute of Standards and Technology, Information Access Division, Information Technology Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD, United States

⁴ The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Division of Health Information Management and Systems, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States