Workflow: a new modeling concept in critical care units.
The term Groupware concerns computer-based systems that support groups of people engaged in a common task (goal) and that provide an interface to a shared environment [1]. The absence of a common tool for exchanges between physicians and nurses causes a multiplication of paper supports for the recording of information. Our objective is to study software architectures in particular medical units that allow task coordination and managing conflicts between participants within a distributed environment. The final goal of this research is to propose a computer solution that could answer the user requirements in Critical Care Units (CCUs). This paper describes the Workflow management approach [5] for supporting group work in health care field. The emphasis is especially on asynchronous cooperation. This approach was applied to CCUs through the analysis and the proposal of a new architecture [6]. We shall limit ourselves to explaining control board and analyzing the message management we support.
Yousfi
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CERIM, Université Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France.
Beuscart
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Geib
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D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016526:Workload