The paper describes an ontology approach to the modeling of administrative workflow processes.
There was no clear perceived benefit from SR in terms of data entry time savings, quality of care, quality of documentation, or impact on clinical and administrative workflow.
In the pre- and post-usage surveys, participants reported that SR did not significantly improve their clinical and administrative workflow over current data entry methods or other types of technology (p = 0.59).
We found no statistically significant difference pre- or post-usage for comfort with SR software, data entry time savings, quality of care, quality of documentation, or impact on clinical and administrative workflow.
We studied physicians' perceived value and willingness to adopt SR in relation to the usability, data entry time savings, impact on the quality of care and quality of documentation, and the impact on clinical and administrative workflow, as compared to the existing methods for data entry.
To summarize, while half of the twelve participants favoured the use of SR for electronic progress notes over other data entry methods, there was no clear perceived benefit to SR regarding time savings, quality of care, quality of documentation, or impact on clinical and administrative workflow.
Measurements: We examined SR software in relation to its perceived usability, data entry time savings, impact on the quality of care and quality of documentation, and the impact on clinical and administrative workflow, as compared to existing methods for data entry.
Screening is impeded by cost and time constraints, lack of administrative support, workflow incompatibility, limited provider awareness of validated screening instruments, provider discomfort or lack of confidence, lack of treatment resources for referring patients after screening, and stigma [ 18– 22].
Following discussions with a number of health care providers and administrative staff, a workflow diagram was created to map the direct and indirect work steps and type of personnel involved during physician or treatment visits.
A custom Site Portal website manages the various administrative and scientific site workflows, including: site enrollment, IRB tracking; study document distribution, staff training, participant enrollment, invoicing, and site performance monitoring.
