Synchronous communication facilitates interruptive workflow for attending physicians and nurses in clinical settings

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 629-637

  Edwards, Ashley ^a   Fitzpatrick, Leslie Anne ^a   Augustine, Sara ^a   Trzebucki, Alex ^a   Cheng, Shing Lai ^a   Presseau, Candice ^a   Mersmann, Cynthia ^b   Heckman, Bruce ^c   Kachnowski, Stan ^a  

^a Healthcare Innovation and Technology Lab   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Phelps Memorial Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical informatics; Communication; Medical informatics; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL INFORMATICS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DEVICE; COMMUNICATION PROCESS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEMI-STRUCTURED; SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS; TIME SPENT; WORKFLOW ANALYSIS; WORKFLOW PATTERNS;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MULTITASKING; NURSING;

TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; ERROR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

COMMUNICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEW YORK; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 67650127129     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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