Effects of electronic emergency-department whiteboards on clinicians' time distribution and mental workload

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-20

  Hertzum, Morten ^a   Simonsen, Jesper ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

electronic whiteboard; emergency department; mental workload; sociotechnical change; time with patients

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; WORKLOAD;

DATA DISPLAY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NURSES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICIANS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84955247977     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458214529678     Document Type: Article

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