Effects of a computerized cardiac teletriage decision support system on nurse performance: Results of a controlled human factors experiment using a mid-fidelity prototype

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 129, Issue , 2007, Pages 97-101

  Somoza, Kirsten Carroll ^a   Momtahan, Kathryn ^b   Lindgaard, Gitte ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

decision support system; mobile computing; Teletriage; user interface design; user centered design

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRIDGES; HEART; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOBILE COMPUTING; NURSING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER CENTERED DESIGN; USER INTERFACES;

BEST PRACTICES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); PROOF OF CONCEPT; QUALITY OF RECOMMENDATIONS; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; TELETRIAGE; USER INTERFACE DESIGNS; USER-CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; NURSING CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TRIAGE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 38449088635     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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