Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Scores to Evaluate Readability of Clinical Documentation During an Electronic Health Record Transition
Calculation of FK grade level of clinical notes is a feasible method to assess clinical note readability. Study results showed that clinical documentation readability may not be strongly associated with underlying EHR. Migrating to a new EHR alone should not be expected to improve readability of clinical notes.
Authors
- Andrew Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9090-8028)
- John Charles O’Horo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0880-4498)
- M. Nyman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7433-7456)
- Jungwei Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6349-3752)
- Douglas W. Challener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6964-9639)
- Hongfang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2570-3741)
Institutions
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- Mayo Clinic Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Health Information Science and Practice
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.63116/vbwy7913
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Text Readability and Simplification
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.44