Further analysis of the data on distribution of study targets shows that Chinese usability studies are mostly concentrated on web information technology and usability studies in the healthcare information technology field are quite limited.
Using an iterative and collaborative process supported by a structured data collection form, the six authors identified a total of 58 studies that primarily address HFE issues in health information technology (e.g., usability) and in the work of healthcare workers.
We could only manually screen publications about information technology after all usability related publications are retrieved; this process needs more manual efforts.
Though substantial work has been done on the usability of health information technology, improvements in electronic health record system (EHR) usability have been slow, creating frustration, distrust of EHRs and the use of potentially unsafe work-arounds.
The second is the work by J. Lei et al., where they made a systematic study on the usability of information technology, especially health information technologies, in China, by the analysis of publications during the past 30 years.
The usability concept has now received such a wide recognition in information technology (IT) development that working with usability can be regarded as a profession in its own right.
From the data on the authors and the publishing journals, we conclude that the targets of usability research in China's information technology field are relatively scattered and no coordinated usability efforts, such as research institutes or centers, have been established.
The software component architecture for ECGSS also allows the effective deployment of the system on every local business site, in view of the evolving trend in information technology toward easier configuration and re-usability.
From our analyses of the publication dates and publication quantities, it is evident that China's literature on usability research in the information technology field began in 1994.
This paper studies the current status and characteristics of usability research in China's information technology field by using the systematic review and a quantitative literature analysis.
