Journal article
Does Size and Location of the Vital Signs Monitor Matter? A Study of Two Trauma Centers
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings, v 2010, pp 707-711
2010
PMID: 21347070
Abstract
We report the results of an observational study in which we compared how the size and location of the vital signs monitor impact teamwork at two trauma centers. Our observations focused on three factors: information exchange, situational awareness, and ergonomic issues. We found that the smaller display was difficult to view and required more team communication and workarounds, such as periodic verbal reports. The larger and closer display, although accessible to more team members, did not uniformly improve team’s situational awareness because vital signals were not verbalized and the monitor was often ignored. We suggest introducing multiple larger and closer displays, while keeping the practice of periodic verbal reporting.
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- Title
- Does Size and Location of the Vital Signs Monitor Matter? A Study of Two Trauma Centers
- Creators
- Aleksandra Sarcevic - School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJIvan Marsic - Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJRandall S Burd - Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Publication Details
- AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings, v 2010, pp 707-711
- Publisher
- American Medical Informatics Association
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84964978224
- Other Identifier
- 991014877814904721