Designing for enhanced interpretation, anticipation and reflection in the intensive care unit

Author

Melles, M. ; Freudenthal, A. ; de Ridder, H. ; Snijders, C.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Design, Delft Univ. of Technol.

Volume

1

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

809

Abstract

Previous participative studies concerning the intensive care nursing process revealed contextual factors influencing the behavior of the nurse (contextual cues), which were included in a model categorizing them being primarily related to the current, future, and past situation. This model is being used as an information framework for designing a new supportive system for the intensive care nursing process. In this paper, the results of three iterative design activities are described: a specification of the setting in which the envisioned product will function, a definition of the products´ main functionalities, and a vision regarding the communication of the needed information through an interface. Eventually, these product specifications are implemented as a working prototype

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; process design; contextual cues; intensive care nursing process; intensive care unit; iterative design activities; supportive system; Collaboration; Computer interfaces; Context modeling; Feedback; Information analysis; Medical services; Psychology; Reflection; Shape; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2004 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8566-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1398402

Filename

1398402