Shared visualization of patient information

Based on field studies of work at the surgical department of a university hospital, we propose ideas for enhancing the visualization of, and collaboration on, patient information. As several specialized physicians are connected to a case for a time period of several weeks or months, we have identified the need for physicians to quickly visualize only the relevant information on a case, as well as to add and high-light the information based on their specialization. During distributed multi-disciplinary team meetings we see the advantages of introducing a shared workspace displaying relevant patient information and the use of interactive tools to support for instance visualization, annotation and search.