title: Whats the story? Information needs of trauma teams.
abstract: This paper reports on information needs of trauma teams based on an ethnographic study in an urban teaching hospital. We focus on questions posed by trauma team members during ten trauma events. We identify major categories of questions, as well as information seekers and providers. In addition to categories known from other critical care settings, we found categories unique to trauma settings. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for information technology support for trauma teams.
authors.affiliation: SCILS, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarcevic
authors.forename: Randall S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Burd
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009515:New Jersey; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014194:Traumatology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*