Intra-operative decision making: More than meets the eye

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 486-496

  Pugh, Carla M ^a   Santacaterina, Susan ^a   DaRosa, Debra A ^a   Clark, Richard E ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decision theory; Operating rooms; Surgery; Team training

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS; COMPLEX DECISION; INTRA-OPERATIVE; ITERATIVE APPROACH; SURGICAL TASKS; TEAM MEMBERS; TEAM TRAINING; THOUGHT PROCESS;

DECISION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; JOB ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SURGERY;

DECISION MAKING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COGNITION; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION THEORY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957587419     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: 15320464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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