TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic health records that support health professional reflective practice
T2 - a missed opportunity in digital health
AU - Janssen, Anna
AU - Kay, Judy
AU - Talic, Stella
AU - Pusic, Martin
AU - Birnbaum, Robert
AU - Rodrigo, Cavalcanti
AU - Gašević, Dragan
AU - Shaw, Tim
N1 - Funding Information:
Author AJ is undertaking a postdoctoral research fellowship that is fully funded through the Digital Health CRC (Cooperative Research Centre). Author TS is an Academic Lead for the Digital Health CRC. The DHCRC is established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Program. Authors AJ, JK, ST, MP, RB, RC, DG, and TS report no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - A foundational component of digital health involves collecting and leveraging electronic health data to improve health and wellbeing. One of the central technologies for collecting these data are electronic health records (EHRs). In this commentary, the authors explore intersection between digital health and data-driven reflective practice that is described, including an overview of the role of EHRs underpinning technology innovation in healthcare. Subsequently, they argue that EHRs are a rich but under-utilised source of information on the performance of health professionals and healthcare teams that could be harnessed to support reflective practice and behaviour change. EHRs currently act as systems of data collection, not systems of data engagement and reflection by end users such as health professionals and healthcare organisations. Further consideration should be given to supporting reflective practice by health professionals in the design of EHRs and other clinical information systems.
AB - A foundational component of digital health involves collecting and leveraging electronic health data to improve health and wellbeing. One of the central technologies for collecting these data are electronic health records (EHRs). In this commentary, the authors explore intersection between digital health and data-driven reflective practice that is described, including an overview of the role of EHRs underpinning technology innovation in healthcare. Subsequently, they argue that EHRs are a rich but under-utilised source of information on the performance of health professionals and healthcare teams that could be harnessed to support reflective practice and behaviour change. EHRs currently act as systems of data collection, not systems of data engagement and reflection by end users such as health professionals and healthcare organisations. Further consideration should be given to supporting reflective practice by health professionals in the design of EHRs and other clinical information systems.
KW - Digital health
KW - Electronic health records
KW - Health informatics
KW - User experience design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85146624455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s41666-022-00123-0
DO - 10.1007/s41666-022-00123-0
M3 - Comment / Debate
AN - SCOPUS:85146624455
SN - 2509-4971
VL - 6
SP - 375
EP - 384
JO - Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research
JF - Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research
IS - 4
ER -