Opportunities and challenges in improving surgical work flow

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-321

  Xiao, Yan ^a   Hu, Peter ^a   Moss, Jacqueline ^b   De Winter, J C F ^c   Venekamp, Daan ^d   MacKenzie, Colin F ^a   Seagull, F Jacob ^a   Perkins, Sherry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Computer supported cooperative work; Coordination; Organizational learning; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES; COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COORDINATION; EVENT REPORTING; OPERATING ROOM (OR); ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; SURGICAL OPERATIONS; SURGICAL WORKFLOW; WHITE BOARDS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK FLOWS;

COMMUNICATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HOSPITALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

EID: 52349121906     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-007-0087-7     Document Type: Article

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