Title
Cognitive processes as integrative component for developing expert decision-making systems: a workflow centered framework.
Abstract
The development of expert decision-making systems, which improve task performance and reduce errors within an intra-operative clinical workspace, is critically dependent on two main aspects: (a) Analyzing the clinical requirements and cognitive processes within the workflow and (b) providing an optimal context for accurate situation awareness through effective intra-operative information visualization. This paper presents a workflow centered framework and its theoretical underpinnings to design expert decision-making systems. The framework integrates knowledge of the clinical workflow based on the requirements within the clinical workspace. Furthermore, it builds upon and integrates the theory of situation awareness into system design to improve decision-making. As an application example, this framework has been used to design an intra-operative visualization system (IVS), which provides image guidance to the clinicians to perform minimally invasive procedure. An evaluative study, comparing the traditional ultrasound guided procedure with the new developed IVS, has been conducted with expert intervention radiologists and medical students. The results reveal significant evidence for improved decision-making when using the IVS. Therefore, it can be stated that this study demonstrates the benefits of integrating knowledge of cognitive processes into system development to support clinical decision-making and hence improvement of task performance and prevention of errors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1016/j.jbi.2009.07.001
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
improved decision-making,clinical workflow,clinical decision-making,workflow,expert decision-making system,intra-operative clinical workspace,situation awareness,clinical requirement,minimally invasive surgery,multidisciplinary team,cognitive process,task performance,effective intra-operative information visualization,integrative component,clinical workspace,information visualization,complex workspace
Data mining,Information visualization,Situation awareness,Visualization,Workspace,Computer science,Systems design,Minimally invasive procedures,Cognition,Workflow
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
43
1
1532-0480
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.97
13
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ashis Jalote-Parmar1202.46
Petra Badke-Schaub2122.79
Wajid Ali3212.72
Eigil Samset413316.57