A cognitive task analysis of information management strategies in a computerized provider order entry environment.

Charlene Weir; Jonathan J R Nebeker; Bret L. Hicken; Rebecca Campo; Frank A. Drews; Beth Lebar

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A cognitive task analysis of information management strategies in a computerized provider order entry environment.

November 29, 2006

Weir C, Nebeker JJR, Hicken BL, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14(1):65-75.

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This study interviewed primary care physicians to characterize the types of work strategies they used to manage clinical information, and found that the existing computerized provider order entry system did not support several common aspects of physician work flow.

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