TY - GEN
T1 - A distributed cognition approach to understanding information transfer in mission critical domains
AU - Gurses, Ayse P.
AU - Xiao, Yan
AU - Gorman, Paul
AU - Hazlehurst, Brian
AU - Bochicchio, Grant
AU - Vaidya, Vinay
AU - Hu, Peter
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We developed a conceptual framework that describes how information transfer occurs in mission critical domains using a distributed cognition approach. According to this framework, information tools and the physical workspace comprise an "information arena", which plays a crucial role in information transfer. Information tools and the information arena support joint work and may improve efficiency and reliability by providing visual cues to collaborators, by getting everyone on the same page, by helping collaborators focus on critical information, by facilitating attention management under time pressure, and by providing an evanescent (transient) communication space. We illustrate the concepts in this framework using an example from multidisciplinary rounds, an information transfer mechanism common in the intensive care unit, a mission critical domain. The framework can be used as a guide to further understanding of information transfer in mission critical domains and to develop information tools that facilitate and enhance discourse.
AB - We developed a conceptual framework that describes how information transfer occurs in mission critical domains using a distributed cognition approach. According to this framework, information tools and the physical workspace comprise an "information arena", which plays a crucial role in information transfer. Information tools and the information arena support joint work and may improve efficiency and reliability by providing visual cues to collaborators, by getting everyone on the same page, by helping collaborators focus on critical information, by facilitating attention management under time pressure, and by providing an evanescent (transient) communication space. We illustrate the concepts in this framework using an example from multidisciplinary rounds, an information transfer mechanism common in the intensive care unit, a mission critical domain. The framework can be used as a guide to further understanding of information transfer in mission critical domains and to develop information tools that facilitate and enhance discourse.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=44349156975&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/154193120605001027
DO - 10.1177/154193120605001027
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44349156975
SN - 9780945289296
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 924
EP - 928
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, HFES 2006
PB - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Inc.
Y2 - 16 October 2006 through 20 October 2006
ER -