Collaborating with physicians to redesign a sign-out tool

Ergonomics in Design

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-28

  DeVoge, Justin M ^a   Bass, Ellen J ^a   Sledd, Richard Michael DuVal ^b   Borowitz, Stephen M ^c   Waggoner Fountain, Linda A ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative design; Handoff of care; Medical decision making; Process support tools; Sign out; User centered design

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; HANDOFF OF CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROCESS SUPPORT TOOLS; SIGN-OUT; USER-CENTERED DESIGN;

DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; JOB ANALYSIS;

DESIGN;

EID: 63349106182     PISSN: 10648046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/106480409X415170     Document Type: Article

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