Journal article
Cognitive Artifacts in Transition: An Analysis of Information Content Changes between Manual and Electronic Patient Tracking Systems
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.52(4), pp.363-367
09/2008
DOI: 10.1177/154193120805200435
Abstract
Today's emergency departments (ED) could not function without a patient tracking system of some kind, manual or electronic. Manual patient tracking systems such as “whiteboards” are large, dry erase, manually updated status boards used as information tracking devices in most EDs. Although it is expected that manual whiteboard systems will completely transition to electronic patient tracking systems with increasing availability of technological solutions, it is not clear if these technological solutions will sufficiently address the information tracking needs of providers. This study documents the changes in the use of a manual whiteboard versus an electronic patient tracking system in an ED to compare types of information and meanings of the represented information. Results show that both systems were used to represent information serving a variety of functional roles. In addition, an analysis of patient chief complaint entries indicates that manual whiteboards are used more dynamically than electronic systems. Differences in functional uses of the systems and the consequences of these changes are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cognitive Artifacts in Transition: An Analysis of Information Content Changes between Manual and Electronic Patient Tracking Systems
- Creators
- Priyadarshini R Pennathur - Industrial and Systems Engineering, State University of New York at BuffaloTheresa K Guarrera - Emergency Medicine, University of RochesterAnn M Bisantz - Industrial and Systems Engineering, State University of New York at BuffaloRollin J Fairbanks - Emergency Medicine, University of RochesterShawna J Perry - Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, LondonRobert L Wears - Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol.52(4), pp.363-367
- DOI
- 10.1177/154193120805200435
- ISSN
- 1541-9312
- eISSN
- 2169-5067
- Publisher
- Sage
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2008
- Academic Unit
- Industrial and Systems Engineering; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984064224202771
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