An asynchronous co-operative model for co-ordinating medical unit activities.
CSCW is devoted to the analysis of interactions among human beings when performing their work together (Ellis et al., Commun. ACM 1 (34) (1991) 38-58). The main fields of application are work organisation, healthcare, education and training. Our main goal is to study the co-operative models allowing task co-ordination and conflict management between actors within a distributed environment, particularly in medical units. We do not aim to produce a practical system suitable for near-term deployment in the intensive care units (ICU), but rather an experimental system that performs and co-ordinates a range of intelligent planning tasks in ICU activities. The emphasis will be put especially on asynchronous co-operation. We apply the Workflow approach to ICU organisation through the analysis and the proposal of a co-operative model.
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CERIM, Faculté de Médecine, Lille-Cedex, France.
Beuscart
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Renard
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Geib
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006285:Health Planning; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D017132:Workplace