Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Focus group study

• Aim
  • Explore and describe prescriber & staff experiences with and perceptions of the e-prescribing system
• Methods
  • Qualitative research
  • Universal sample in 3 clinics / 3 stages of implementation
  • 30 minutes/ group; 3-8 participants; oral consent
  • Semi-structured elicitation techniques
    • 4 domains—expectations, impact, fears, barriers to adoption
  • Analysis with Atlas.tiïf' software