Whose work practice? Situating an electronic triage system within a complex system

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 130, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-74

  Balka, Ellen ^a   Whitehouse, Sandy ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

decision making; domains of use; Electronic triage; work practice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

DATA REQUIREMENTS; ELECTRONIC TRIAGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; PATIENT SAFETY; RESEARCH DOMAINS; SOFTWARE SELECTION; STAKEHOLDER INTEREST; WORK PRACTICES;

DECISION MAKING;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TIME;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 58649086985     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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