General hospital: modeling complex problem solving in complex work system

  • Authors:
  • Barbara Mirel

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 21st annual international conference on Documentation
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

To be truly useful, applications for complex problem solving require distinct design approaches. One that is crucial is getting the user model right for dynamic, emergent, nonlinear work. Drawing on an example in healthcare, this paper proposes modeling complex work in ways that go beyond common user-centered approaches. It models nurses' dosage decisions as patterns of inquiry and visualizes them as task landscapes.