Discovering healthcare cognition: the use of cognitive artifacts to reveal cognitive work.

Christopher P. Nemeth; Michael O’Connor; P. Allan Klock; Richard I. Cook

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Discovering healthcare cognition: the use of cognitive artifacts to reveal cognitive work.

August 9, 2006

Nemeth CP, O’Connor M, Klock PA, et al. Organization Studies. 2006;27(7).

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The authors studied the use of cognitive artifacts (eg, schedules) in the operating room in order to understand the cognitive work of providers in coping with complex clinical interactions.

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