[UCI-Calit2] Electronic Medical Records in the ER: Seminar August 10

Stuart Ross stuross at calit2.uci.edu
Wed Aug 4 11:31:36 PDT 2010


SURF-IT SEMINAR SERIES

 

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology

 

Tuesday, August 10           Calit2 Building, Room 3008

A light lunch will be available at 11:45 AM; the seminar will begin at
12:00 noon.

"Electronic Medical Records Usages in the Emergency Room"

Yunan Chen, Department of Informatics

In this talk I will present a recent qualitative field study on
examining EMR-based documentation in an Emergency Department (ED), with
an emphasis on computerized documentation activities in the complex flow
of clinical processes.  This study revealed a gap between formal EMR
documentation and the actual clinical workflow, which leads ED staff to
rely on intermediate - transitional artifacts to facilitate their work.
Built on the findings of the previous qualitative study, we propose to
use the Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) method to quantitatively
evaluate the impact of EMR on clinical work.  Specifically, we are
studying clinicians' work in the following dimensions: time, activities
and location, to study the underlying rationales of these activities. 

The SURF-IT Fellow working with Dr. Chen is Steven Nguyen, an
Informatics major.

SURF-IT is cosponsored by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Office.

 

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