Triage drift: A workplace study in a pediatric emergency department

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-419

  Bjørn, Pernille ^a,b   Rødje, Kjetil ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assessing and sorting mechanism; Coordinative artefacts; Emergency work; Exception handling; Health care; Triage; Triage drift; Workplace study

Indexed keywords

ASSESSING AND SORTING MECHANISM; COLLABORATIVE WORKS; COORDINATIVE ARTEFACTS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; EMERGENCY WORK; EXCEPTION HANDLING; HEALTH CARE; TRIAGE; TRIAGE DRIFT; WORK PRACTICES; WORK-FLOWS; WORKPLACE STUDY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS; MECHANISMS;

HEALTH;

EID: 50849144328     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-008-9079-2     Document Type: Article

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