Conference proceeding
Supporting the characterization of sign-out in acute care wards
2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS, VOLS 1-6, PROCEEDINGS, v 6, pp 5215-5220
01 Jan 2006
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Abstract
Physician sign-out is a mechanism for transferring patient information, responsibility, and/or authority between care givers at a shift change. Despite being an important process, little research has examined the content and process of conducting sign-out. This paper describes the development and application of a support tool used to study and analyze physician sign-out. The tool supports the identification and analysis of 10 types of patient information, five types of physician communication, and three sources of distraction to physicians. The tool was applied during observations of sign-out on acute care pediatric wards to form a baseline of the current sign-out process and the information exchanged between physicians to identify areas in need of procedural support and training interventions.
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- Title
- Supporting the characterization of sign-out in acute care wards
- Creators
- Richard M. D. Sledd - e-mail: ricksledd@alumni.virginia.eduEllen J. Bass - University of VirginiaStephen M. Borowitz - Professor of Pediatrics and Health Evaluation Sciences at the University of Virginia Hospital. e-mail: witz@virginia.eduLinda A. Waggoner-Fountain - University of VirginiaIEEE
- Publication Details
- 2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS, VOLS 1-6, PROCEEDINGS, v 6, pp 5215-5220
- Series
- IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics Conference Proceedings
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Number of pages
- 2
- Grant note
- University of Virginia Medical Center
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000248078505134
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34548133699
- Other Identifier
- 991019292225404721
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- Automation & Control Systems
- Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Science, Cybernetics