Practice. Practice. Practice. Do Homework Management Systems Work?

Expertise management systems in practice

This position paper describes a survey of expertise management systems, with the focus on competencies, and their use in four companies. Our interest lies in informing design by investigating features in the systems. Through this we hope to contribute with practical CSCW applications and concepts.

Brahms: simulating practice for work systems design

A continuing problem in business today is the design of human-computer systems that respect how work actually gets done. The overarching context of work consists of activities, which people conceive as ways of organizing their daily life and especially their interactions with each other. Activities include reading mail, going to workshops, meeting with colleagues over lunch, answering phone cal...

Practice management guidelines for geriatric trauma: the EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group.

Practice management guidelines for timing of tracheostomy: the EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The ideal time for performing a tracheostomy has not been clearly established. Periods ranging from 3 days to 3 weeks have been suggested in the literature. With current operative methods, it has been established that tracheostomy can be performed with a low rate of complications. In a review of 281 tracheostomies, as well as another 2,862 cases in the literature, Zeito...

Appointment systems in general practice. Do patients like them, and how do they affect work load?