TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding the impact on intensive care staff workflow due to the introduction of a critical care information system
T2 - 2009 Conference on Advances in Information Technology and Communication in Health: Revolutionizing Health Care with Informatics - From Research to Practice, ITCH 2009
AU - Shaw, N. T.
AU - Mador, R. L.
AU - Ho, S.
AU - Mayes, D.
AU - Westbrook, J. I.
AU - Creswick, N.
AU - Thiru, K.
AU - Brown, M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a complex and dynamic tertiary care environment that requires health care providers to balance many competing tasks and responsibilities. Inefficient and interruption-driven workflow is believed to increase the likelihood of medical errors and, therefore, present a serious risk to patients in the ICU. The introduction of a Critical Care Information System (CCIS), is purported to result in fewer medical errors and better patient care by streamlining workflow. Little objective research, however, has investigated these assertions. This paper reports on the design of a research methodology to explore the impact of a CCIS on the workflow of Respiratory Therapists, Pediatric Intensivists, Nurses, and Unit Clerks in a Pediatric ICU (PICU) and a General Systems ICU (GSICU) in Northern Canada.
AB - The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a complex and dynamic tertiary care environment that requires health care providers to balance many competing tasks and responsibilities. Inefficient and interruption-driven workflow is believed to increase the likelihood of medical errors and, therefore, present a serious risk to patients in the ICU. The introduction of a Critical Care Information System (CCIS), is purported to result in fewer medical errors and better patient care by streamlining workflow. Little objective research, however, has investigated these assertions. This paper reports on the design of a research methodology to explore the impact of a CCIS on the workflow of Respiratory Therapists, Pediatric Intensivists, Nurses, and Unit Clerks in a Pediatric ICU (PICU) and a General Systems ICU (GSICU) in Northern Canada.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67449105337&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-58603-979-0-186
DO - 10.3233/978-1-58603-979-0-186
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 19380934
AN - SCOPUS:67449105337
VL - 143
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 186
EP - 191
BT - Advances in Information Technology and Communication in Health
A2 - McDaniel, James G.
PB - IOS Press
CY - Victoria, BC, Canada
Y2 - 19 February 2009 through 22 February 2009
ER -