Challenges to effective crisis management: using information and communication technologies to coordinate emergency medical services and emergency department …
International journal of medical informatics, 2009•Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to identify the major challenges to coordination
between emergency department (ED) teams and emergency medical services (EMS) teams.
DESIGN: We conducted a series of focus groups involving both ED and EMS team members
using a crisis scenario as the basis of the focus group discussion. We also collected
organizational workflow data. RESULTS: We identified three major challenges to
coordination between ED and EMS teams including ineffectiveness of current information …
between emergency department (ED) teams and emergency medical services (EMS) teams.
DESIGN: We conducted a series of focus groups involving both ED and EMS team members
using a crisis scenario as the basis of the focus group discussion. We also collected
organizational workflow data. RESULTS: We identified three major challenges to
coordination between ED and EMS teams including ineffectiveness of current information …
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to identify the major challenges to coordination between emergency department (ED) teams and emergency medical services (EMS) teams.
DESIGN
We conducted a series of focus groups involving both ED and EMS team members using a crisis scenario as the basis of the focus group discussion. We also collected organizational workflow data.
RESULTS
We identified three major challenges to coordination between ED and EMS teams including ineffectiveness of current information and communication technologies, lack of common ground, and breakdowns in information flow.
DISCUSSION
The three challenges highlight the importance of designing systems from socio-technical perspective. In particular, these inter-team coordination systems must support socio-technical issues such as awareness, context, and workflow between the two teams.
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