CSCW '02 Proceedings of the 2002 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
The Myth of the Paperless Office
The Myth of the Paperless Office
Mobility Work: The Spatial Dimension of Collaboration at a Hospital
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Pervasive Computing for Hospital, Chronic, and Preventive Care
Foundations and Trends in Human-Computer Interaction
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Even with the introduction of computer technology, paper-based artifacts remain ubiquitous in hospital settings. The need to manually transfer and update information from the physical to the digital realm is a common practice among hospital staff, which, although usually well managed, at times becomes a source for errors and inconsistencies. This paper presents an augmented patient chart system that preserves the use of paper and allows capturing information directly to the system through the use of a digital pen. An evaluation of the system with 22 volunteers indicates a significant reduction in the number of errors while reading information, a significant increment on the accuracy while annotating data, as well as a trend towards less time spent while annotating data on the digital paper. Based on our results, we argue that the design preserves the advantages associated with paper while increasing the availability of information and its trustworthiness.