title: User-driven design of a computerized rounding and sign-out application.
abstract: Clinical information systems depend on close integration to workflow for success. We describe a method for user-driven design that guided our development of a computerized rounding and sign-out system. The resulting system supported clinical workflow sufficiently well that it spontaneously attracted new users, required no training, and is currently used by 95% of the house staff at two academic medical centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Van Eaton
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Lober
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Horvath
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010562:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014584:User-Computer Interface