Project Details
Description
This project is funded by Australian Research Council - Discovery Project: DP110100090
Two priority areas of health reform internationally are to improve workforce productivity; and to increase interdisciplinary care and communication. Rarely are workforce reform strategies evaluated or specific indicators quantified. What is required to underpin the design and evaluation of effective reform interventions is knowledge of health professionals? Existing work and communication patterns, theory development and robust and valid measures for determining how work changes post-reform interventions. This study will adopt a systems theory approach, extend and apply an innovative observational work measurement technique, significantly advance analysis approaches and deliver new knowledge and information to inform policy.
Other project members and collaborators:
Professor Christine Duffield
Professor William Dunsmuir
Two priority areas of health reform internationally are to improve workforce productivity; and to increase interdisciplinary care and communication. Rarely are workforce reform strategies evaluated or specific indicators quantified. What is required to underpin the design and evaluation of effective reform interventions is knowledge of health professionals? Existing work and communication patterns, theory development and robust and valid measures for determining how work changes post-reform interventions. This study will adopt a systems theory approach, extend and apply an innovative observational work measurement technique, significantly advance analysis approaches and deliver new knowledge and information to inform policy.
Other project members and collaborators:
Professor Christine Duffield
Professor William Dunsmuir
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/14 → 31/12/14 |
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Improving our understanding of multi-tasking in healthcare: Drawing together the cognitive psychology and healthcare literature
Douglas, H. E., Raban, M. Z., Walter, S. R. & Westbrook, J. I., 1 Mar 2017, In: Applied Ergonomics. 59, Part A, p. 45-55 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Studying interruptions and multitasking in situ: the untapped potential of quantitative observational studies
Walter, S. R., Dunsmuir, W. T. M. & Westbrook, J. I., 1 Jul 2015, In: International Journal of Human Computer Studies. 79, p. 118-125 8 p., 1931.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in nurses' work associated with computerised information systems: opportunities for international comparative studies using the revised Work Observation Method By Activity Timing (WOMBAT)
Westbrook, J. I., Creswick, N. J., Duffield, C., Li, L. & Dunsmuir, W. T. M., 2012, NI 2012: Proceedings of the 11th international congress on nursing informatics. Bethesda, Maryland, USA: American Medical Informatics Association, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review