Paper Info
Title
A model of awareness to enhance our understanding of interprofessional collaborative care delivery and health information system design to support it
Abstract
Methods Qualitative data collection and analysis was done. The data sources consisted of 90 h of non-participant observations and 30 interviews with nurses, physicians, medical residents, volunteers, and personal support workers. Results Many of the macro-level ICC activities (e.g. morning rounds, shift change) were constituted by micro-level activities that involved different types of awareness. We identified four primary types of ICC awareness: patient, team member, decision making, and environment. Each type of awareness is discussed and supported by study data. We also discuss implication of our findings for enhanced design of existing HISs as well as providing insight on how HISs could be better designed to support ICC awareness. Conclusion Awareness is a complex yet crucial piece of successful ICC. The information sources that provided and supported ICC awareness were varied. The different types of awareness from the model can help us understand the explicit details of how care providers communicate and exchange information with one another. Increased understanding of ICC awareness can assist with the design and evaluation of HISs to support collaborative activities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.01.009
International Journal of Medical Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Awareness,Interprofessional collaborative care,Grounded theory,Communication,Health information systems design
Grounded theory,Health care,Morning Rounds,Nursing,Qualitative property,Shift change,Knowledge management,Collaborative Care,Health informatics,Medicine
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
80
8
1386-5056
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.95
19
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Craig E. Kuziemsky120338.37
Lara Varpio2231.92