Evaluation of the effect of information integration in displays for ICU nurses on situation awareness and task completion time: A prospective randomized controlled study

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 665-675

  Koch, Sven H ^a,b   Weir, Charlene ^b,c   Westenskow, Dwayne ^b   Gondan, Matthias ^a   Agutter, Jim ^d   Haar, Maral ^e   Liu, David ^b,f   Görges, Matthias ^b,g   Staggers, Nancy ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Salt Lake City Veterans Healthcare System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e Architecture of Drägerwerk AG and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment design; Evaluation; Information Display; Intensive Care; Nurses; Situation Awareness; Task Completion Time; User Computer Interface

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INFORMATION DISPLAY; INTENSIVE CARE; SITUATION AWARENESS; TASK COMPLETION TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACES;

COMMUNICATION; DESIGN; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSING ASSISTANT; PATIENT MONITOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAFF NURSE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INFORMATION DISPLAY; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSES; SITUATION AWARENESS; TASK COMPLETION TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; DATA DISPLAY; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880047246     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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