TY - GEN
T1 - The importance of form field validation
T2 - 20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016
AU - O'Connor, Yvonne
AU - Hardy, Victoria
AU - Thompson, Matthew
AU - Mastellos, Nikolaos
AU - Tran, Tammy
AU - O'Donoghue, John
AU - Chirambo, Griphin Baxter
AU - Andersson, Bo
AU - Carlsson, Sve
AU - Heavin, Ciara
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Measuring adherence to clinical guidelines using mobile health (mHealth) technologies when form field validation is enforced or turned on could potentially be viewed as skewing the dataset, leading to 100% adherence to the clinical rule base. In theory, healthcare providers should fully abide by clinical guidelines, whether in paper or digital format, to ensure that the patient receives appropriate care. However, what happens when mHealth form field validation is turned off? As part of a feasibility study in Malawi, Africa, we explored this phenomenon. Switching off validation on the mHealth artefact served its purpose within the context of a feasibility study where a parallel paper-based clinical assessment process remained in place. The design of this technical artefact with the turnkey validation feature afforded us the opportunity to turn validation on and off seamlessly. Ultimately, from an ethical, clinical and technical perspective the optimum approach is to ensure that form field validation is switched on. With form field validation on adherence to the clinical guidelines is enforced which minimises incomplete assessment and the potential for suboptimal clinical decisions that could adversely affect patient care.
AB - Measuring adherence to clinical guidelines using mobile health (mHealth) technologies when form field validation is enforced or turned on could potentially be viewed as skewing the dataset, leading to 100% adherence to the clinical rule base. In theory, healthcare providers should fully abide by clinical guidelines, whether in paper or digital format, to ensure that the patient receives appropriate care. However, what happens when mHealth form field validation is turned off? As part of a feasibility study in Malawi, Africa, we explored this phenomenon. Switching off validation on the mHealth artefact served its purpose within the context of a feasibility study where a parallel paper-based clinical assessment process remained in place. The design of this technical artefact with the turnkey validation feature afforded us the opportunity to turn validation on and off seamlessly. Ultimately, from an ethical, clinical and technical perspective the optimum approach is to ensure that form field validation is switched on. With form field validation on adherence to the clinical guidelines is enforced which minimises incomplete assessment and the potential for suboptimal clinical decisions that could adversely affect patient care.
KW - Adherence
KW - Clinical decision support systems (CDSS)
KW - Developing countries
KW - mHealth
KW - Validation
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85011066912
T3 - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016 - Proceedings
BT - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016 - Proceedings
PB - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems
Y2 - 27 June 2016 through 1 July 2016
ER -