Title
Clinical processes in an innovative vascular surgeon community. Implications for workflow modeling.
Abstract
Objective: To identify factors influencing variations in clinical work in the care of patients with abdominal aortic aneurism. Method: Ethnographic observations of 26 meetings between surgeons and patients in two community hospitals and one university hospital. Observations data were abstracted into scenarios that describe the typical clinical workflow. Characterizations of features of the scenarios were performed. Results: When comparing the university hospital and the community hospitals we find large variations in patient trajectories, and in the relation between actors' and roles. Conclusion: Given a clinical domain distinguished by an unrelenting search for new and improved surgical techniques, workflow system requirements should reflect that healthcare planning not only is conducted with the purpose of providing care but also with purpose of developing new or maintaining existing surgical skills.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.3233/978-1-58603-864-9-371
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
workflow systems,clinical process,cardiovascular,decision-support
Health care,Knowledge management,Workflow modeling,System requirements,Medicine,Workflow
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
136
0926-9630
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Berit Brattheim122.13
Andreas R Seim241.45
Arild Faxvaag38514.85