Applying mobile and pervasive computer technology to enhance coordination of work in a surgical ward. Export

@article{citeulike:1877726, abstract = {Collaboration, coordination, and communication are crucial in maintaining an efficient and smooth flow of work in an operating ward. This coordination, however, often comes at a high price in terms of unsuccessfully trying to get hold of people, disturbing telephone calls, looking for people, and unnecessary stress. To accommodate this situation and to increase the quality of work in operating wards, we have designed a set of pervasive computer systems which supports what we call context-mediated communication and awareness. These systems use large interactive displays, video streaming from key locations, tracking systems, and mobile devices to support social awareness and different types of communication modalities relevant to the current context. In this paper we report qualitative data from a one-year deployment of the system in a local hospital. Overall, this study shows that 75\% of the participants strongly agreed that these systems had made their work easier.}, address = {Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark. thomasr@daimi.au.dk}, author = {Hansen, T. R. and Bardram, J. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {1877726}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17911688}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17911688}, journal = {Medinfo}, keywords = {hospitals, interactive\_spaces, mobile\_devices, pervasive\_computing, pervasive\_healthcare, trh}, number = {Pt 1}, pages = {107--111}, posted-at = {2007-11-07 14:17:47}, priority = {0}, title = {Applying mobile and pervasive computer technology to enhance coordination of work in a surgical ward.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17911688}, volume = {12}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1877726 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1877726 N2 - Collaboration, coordination, and communication are crucial in maintaining an efficient and smooth flow of work in an operating ward. This coordination, however, often comes at a high price in terms of unsuccessfully trying to get hold of people, disturbing telephone calls, looking for people, and unnecessary stress. To accommodate this situation and to increase the quality of work in operating wards, we have designed a set of pervasive computer systems which supports what we call context-mediated communication and awareness. These systems use large interactive displays, video streaming from key locations, tracking systems, and mobile devices to support social awareness and different types of communication modalities relevant to the current context. In this paper we report qualitative data from a one-year deployment of the system in a local hospital. Overall, this study shows that 75% of the participants strongly agreed that these systems had made their work easier. IS - Pt 1 JF - Medinfo AD - Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark. thomasr@daimi.au.dk EP - 111 TI - Applying mobile and pervasive computer technology to enhance coordination of work in a surgical ward. VL - 12 SP - 107 KW - hospitals KW - interactive_spaces KW - mobile_devices KW - pervasive_computing KW - pervasive_healthcare KW - trh AU - Hansen, TR AU - Bardram, JE PY - 2007/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17911688 ER -