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Journal article
Collaborating With Physicians to Redesign a Sign-Out Tool
Ergonomics in design, v 17(1), pp 20-28
01 Jan 2009
PMID: 21818174
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Abstract
Physician sign-out is a mechanism for transferring patient information from one group of hospital care-givers to another at shift changes. Support tools are critical to the success of sign-out. To ensure that a tool is effective, designers must collaborate with end users, but collaboration can be difficult when working with users who are busy and have irregular schedules. In this article, we report on a collaborative effort between physicians and engineers to redesign a sign-out support tool. Strategies included focus groups, interviews,"on-the-fly" feedback, and an iterative design process, which engaged end users in the design process. Task analysis methods enabled us to quantify the differences in functionality between the original tool and the prototype.
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- Title
- Collaborating With Physicians to Redesign a Sign-Out Tool
- Creators
- Justin M. Devoge - Univ Virginia, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Dept Syst & Informat Engn, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USAEllen J. Bass - Univ Virginia, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Dept Syst & Informat Engn, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USARichard M. D. Sledd - Univ Virginia, Syst Engn, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USAStephen M. Borowitz - Univ Virginia, Pediat & Publ Hlth, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USALinda Waggoner-Fountain - Univ Virginia, Sch Med, Pediat, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
- Publication Details
- Ergonomics in design, v 17(1), pp 20-28
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- T15 LM009462; T15 LM009462-03; T15 LM009462-02; T15 LM009462-01 / NLM NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM) T15LM009462 / NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000211110000006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-63349106182
- Other Identifier
- 991019292232604721
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