Table 1 Usability tasks and their respective mean scores and standard deviations (SD) for six participants

1.

Enter medication into general inventory.

2.

Edit a previous inventory entry and reprint label.

3.

Dispense medication to patient with prescription.

4.

Dispense medication to patient with prescription from multiple bottles, taking their expiration date into account.

5.

Dispense medication to patient without a prescription.

6.

Identify medications approaching expiration.

7.

Select an under-stocked medication to add to the electronic stock report used for reordering.

8.

Describe a patient’s dispensation history at the clinic.

9.

Adjust the inventory par level for a highly used drug.

10.

Manage and respond to an alert on the feed.

11.

Facilitate PAP medication reordering.