The leadership team is reviewing a computer application that will send a text message to the healthcare provider when a laboratory or diagnostic test result is available to review. Which is this application demonstrating?
A) Usability test
B) Ergonomic enhancement
C) User interface programming
D) Information technology-initiated interaction
D) Information technology-initiated interaction
Explanation: A) This application is not an example of a usability test.
B) This application is not an example of an ergonomic enhancement.
C) This application is not an example of an interface created by user programming.
D) Humans or information technologies can initiate interactions. The initiator sends information to the user interface for viewing. From the interface, the information is processed through either the technology according to its characteristics (software and hardware) or humans according to their characteristics (expertise, age, and cognitive characteristics). The recipient then reacts to the information. Technologies or humans receive the new information and process it according to their characteristics.
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