Evidence-based design and evaluation of a whole genome sequencing clinical report for the reference microbiology laboratory
Reporting isn’t as simple as casually placing key figures on a page; significant work should go into designing a report template, particularly those reporting specialized data , like that found in the world of pathogen genomics. Crisan et al. of the University of British Columbia and the BC Centre for Disease Control looked for evidence-based guidelines on creating reports for such a specialty — specifically for tuberculosis genomic testing — and couldn’t find any. So they researched and created their own. This 2018 paper details their journey towards a final report design, concluding “that the application of human-centered design methodologies allowed us to improve not only the visual aesthetics of the final report, but also its functionality, by carefully coupling stakeholder tasks, data, and constraints to techniques from information and graphic design.”
