Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory IT User Experience and Information Flow Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory IT User Experience and Information Flow Jim Heys, Yadira Ornelas, Jihyun Sun Design Workshop: Healthcare Research, Judith Gregory, PhD, Advisor Institute of Design, IIT
What is cardiac catheterization (Cardiac Cath)? A procedure that helps a doctor to see how the heart is working Cardiologists insert a catheter into an artery in the arm or leg which leads to the heart.
Attending Cardiologist Cardiology Fellow Nurse(s) Technician Cath Lab Team
Technician Nurse(s) Cardiologist Fellow Attending Cardiologist Patient After DuringBefore Scrubs Nurse Station Storage Operating Table Operating Room Control Room PreparingPerformingConcluding
Information Flow in Cath Data Circulation Cath Procedure Inventory Vital Signs and Chronological Log Data Imaging System for Angiograms & others Cath Lab IT Reporting Tool Cath Lab Info. Flow images documents Data Billing and Cost Capture Hospital Information System CVIS (Cardio- Vascular Information System) Finance and Accounting Medical Record & Coding ACC Registry QA & Benchmark Clinical Research
Case Study
Field Observation (February-December, 2007) Video and photographic documentation In situ interviews Methodology
Instances
Communication
Double Check
Portable Data
Knock, Knock!
Blacking out
Space
Three is a crowd.
Uneasy Access
Information Technology
Printed Documents
Hand-written Notebook
GenerationManagementStorageDistribution Information Flow
Implications Value for Cath team (Providers) Value for patients
Acknowledgements Rush Hospital, Chicago, IL University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL GE Healthcare
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