Understanding the nature of information seeking behavior in critical care: Implications for the design of health information technology

Conclusion: A process of local optimization drove the information seeking process: physicians utilized information that maximized their information gain even though it required significantly more cognitive effort. Implications for the design of health information technology solutions that seamlessly integrate information seeking activities within the workflow, such as enriching the clinical information space and supporting efficient clinical reasoning and decision-making, are discussed.
Source: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research