TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical, empirical and practical approaches to resolving the unmet information needs of clinical information system users.
AU - Cimino, James J.
AU - Li, Jianhua
AU - Bakken, Suzanne
AU - Patel, Vimla L.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We hypothesize that when clinicians review clinical data in an electronic medical record, the information needs that arise are predictable, based on a number of situational factors. Because our theory does not say, exactly, what those needs are, we are using an empirical approach (observation) to detecting and categorizing them. For each need, we can construct an "infobutton" that links the clinical data to an on-line information resource. We have constructed an Infobutton Manager to match the data being reviewed by clinicians with context-appropriate infobuttons. This paper describes how the theory, observations, and practical solutions can come together to improve clinician decision making by resolving information needs.
AB - We hypothesize that when clinicians review clinical data in an electronic medical record, the information needs that arise are predictable, based on a number of situational factors. Because our theory does not say, exactly, what those needs are, we are using an empirical approach (observation) to detecting and categorizing them. For each need, we can construct an "infobutton" that links the clinical data to an on-line information resource. We have constructed an Infobutton Manager to match the data being reviewed by clinicians with context-appropriate infobuttons. This paper describes how the theory, observations, and practical solutions can come together to improve clinician decision making by resolving information needs.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12463809
AN - SCOPUS:0036357615
SN - 1531-605X
SP - 170
EP - 174
JO - Proceedings / AMIA ... Annual Symposium. AMIA Symposium
JF - Proceedings / AMIA ... Annual Symposium. AMIA Symposium
ER -