Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow: a palliative sedation case study

Alex Cornett; Craig Kuziemsky

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-574-6-107

Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow: a palliative sedation case study

Alex Cornett, Craig Kuziemsky^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Implementing team based workflows can be complex because of the scope of providers involved and the extent of information exchange and communication that needs to occur. While a workflow may represent the ideal structure of communication that needs to occur, information issues and contextual factors may impact how the workflow is implemented in practice. Understanding these issues will help us better design systems to support team based workflows. In this paper we use a case study of palliative sedation therapy (PST) to model a PST workflow and then use it to identify purposes of communication, information issues and contextual factors that impact them. We then suggest how our findings could inform health information technology (HIT) design to support team based communication workflows.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Context sensitive health informatics
Subtitle of host publication	many places, many users, many contexts, many uses
Editors	Elizabeth M. Borycki, Andre W. Kushniruk, Craig E. Kuziemsky, Christian Nøhr
Place of Publication	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	107-113
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781614995746
ISBN (Print)	9781614995739
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-574-6-107
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	Context Sensitive Health Informatics Conference, CSHI 2015 - Curitiba, Brazil Duration: 15 Aug 2015 → 16 Aug 2015

Publication series

Name	Studies in health technology and informatics
Publisher	IOS Press
Volume	218
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Other

Other	Context Sensitive Health Informatics Conference, CSHI 2015
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Curitiba
Period	15/08/15 → 16/08/15

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Copyright the Author(s) and Publisher 2015. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Keywords

Context
workflow
communication
information issues
healthcare teams

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Cornett, A., & Kuziemsky, C. (2015). Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow: a palliative sedation case study. In E. M. Borycki, A. W. Kushniruk, C. E. Kuziemsky, & C. Nøhr (Eds.), Context sensitive health informatics: many places, many users, many contexts, many uses (pp. 107-113). (Studies in health technology and informatics; Vol. 218). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-574-6-107

Cornett, Alex ; Kuziemsky, Craig. / Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow : a palliative sedation case study. Context sensitive health informatics: many places, many users, many contexts, many uses. editor / Elizabeth M. Borycki ; Andre W. Kushniruk ; Craig E. Kuziemsky ; Christian Nøhr. Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press, 2015. pp. 107-113 (Studies in health technology and informatics).

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Cornett, A & Kuziemsky, C 2015, Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow: a palliative sedation case study. in EM Borycki, AW Kushniruk, CE Kuziemsky & C Nøhr (eds), Context sensitive health informatics: many places, many users, many contexts, many uses. Studies in health technology and informatics, vol. 218, IOS Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 107-113, Context Sensitive Health Informatics Conference, CSHI 2015, Curitiba, Brazil, 15/08/15. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-574-6-107

Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow: a palliative sedation case study. / Cornett, Alex; Kuziemsky, Craig.
Context sensitive health informatics: many places, many users, many contexts, many uses. ed. / Elizabeth M. Borycki; Andre W. Kushniruk; Craig E. Kuziemsky; Christian Nøhr. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, 2015. p. 107-113 (Studies in health technology and informatics; Vol. 218).

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Cornett A, Kuziemsky C. Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow: a palliative sedation case study. In Borycki EM, Kushniruk AW, Kuziemsky CE, Nøhr C, editors, Context sensitive health informatics: many places, many users, many contexts, many uses. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. 2015. p. 107-113. (Studies in health technology and informatics). doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-574-6-107

Information issues and contexts that impair team based communication workflow: a palliative sedation case study

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