User-Driven Design of a Computerized Rounding and Sign-out Application

نویسندگان

  • Erik G. Van Eaton
  • William B. Lober
  • Carlos A. Pellegrini
  • Karen D. Horvath
چکیده

Clinical information systems depend on close integration to workflow for success. We describe a method for user-driven design that guided our development of a computerized rounding and sign-out system. The resulting system supported clinical workflow sufficiently well that it spontaneously attracted new users, required no training, and is currently used by 95% of the house staff at two academic medical centers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium

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تاریخ انتشار 2005